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On Thursday morning, the rains came, and so did the flooding. And the hardest hit area in the TriCities appeared to be Port Moody, specifically Ioco Road near City Hall and the fire hall. The stretch of road between Guildford Way and Newport Road was shut down shortly after 9 a.m., after motorists and residents started reporting flooding. At its height, the street was covered in about two feet of water. However, city crews were at the scene quickly,
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draining and vacuuming the water. The road was reopened a short time later. There was no reported damage to buildings or vehicles, and no one was injured by the flooding. While the city was initially looking at whether plugged storm drains were the culprit, city spokesperson Dave Teixeira said it was determined Mother Nature and the rain were at fault. However, the city is still urging residents to keep their drains clear at this time of year. “It’s a great reminder to residents that when we have inclement weather,
as we’ve had over the last few days, to ensure storm drains are cleared of debris so flooding does not happen,” Teixeira said. In Coquitlam, city crews dealt with some localized flooding in the area of Brunette Avenue and Schoolhouse Street, due to a blocked culvert. City staff are asking residents to clear the catch basins around their homes of leaves and other debris.There were also reports of a handful of homes in the area dealing with flooding. Officials in PoCo said they were unaware of any major flooding in the city.
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