ABBOTSFORD - Evacuation orders and alerts in southern British Columbia expanded overnight, as floodwaters and landslides cut off the Lower Mainland from the Interior.

Highway closures have been widened to include Highway 11 in both directions, shutting the Sumas border crossing, while the Coquihalla, and highways 1, 3 and 5 were also cut.

The threat of major flooding caused by the swollen Nooksack River, which broke its banks in Washington state on Wednesday, saw the City of Abbotsford order residents of 371 properties on the Sumas Prairie to evacuate overnight, while more than 600 remain under an evacuation alert.

Local states of emergency have also been declared in Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley Regional District, while the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen told residents of

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