Officials in B.C. will give another update Friday on the flooding situation in the province, and may reveal more details on the state-of-emergency orders, which was put in place Wednesday.
Public Safety Minister and deputy premier Mike Farnworth is expected to speak alongside the ministers of transportation and agriculture.
The group is expected to provide an update on the province's ongoing flood response, after severe rain sent mud, rocks and trees onto roadways on Sunday and Monday and forced multiple communities to be under evacuation order.
Calling a state of emergency gives the province extra powers under the Emergency Program Act. These states also allow the province to make payments or grants to local authorities, implement emergency plans, acquire or use personal property necessary to respond to an emergency, control or prohibit travel and order evacuations, among other things.
On Thursday, Farnworth hinted that travel restrictions are coming under the state of emergency, though no details were given.
Farnworth said the order won't look anything like the one implemented earlier this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which broadly limited travel between the province's health authority regions. Instead, it will apply to storm-affected highways and routes that are gradually reopened in a limited capacity.
The update is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
- with files from CTV -