BC provides $3.3 million for Sumas Prairie flood planning

The B.C. Government has committed $3.3 million for flood resiliency projects in the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford, B.C., ...
The Vancouver Sun

B.C. puts up $3.3 million to advance flood mitigation planning in the Fraser Valley

While the province has provided some funding for flood mitigation, including $76.6 million to upgrade a critical pump station ...

Monique Keiran: Repeated flooding could put Sumas buyout plan on the table

A controversial 2024 UBC report suggests buying out Sumas Prairie properties and letting Sumas Lake return to its natural ...

Why stopping destructive flooding isn’t easy on either side of the Canada-U.S. border

Different measures to mitigate flooding between Abbotsford, B.C., and Sumas, Wash., have been floated for years, but the ...
Yahoo

Flood sirens sounding in Sumas; Everson residents urged to seek higher ground

Sumas officials prepared to sound their flood siren as darkness loomed Wednesday afternoon and the raging Nooksack River topped its banks in Everson, approaching record levels as torrential rain from ...
Lynden Tribune

Flood updates will remain on future Sumas City Council agendas

SUMAS — It was decided during the Jan. 12 Sumas City Council meeting that flood updates would be an ongoing agenda topic as ...
The Bellingham Herald

Sumas fire chief says crews rescued about 50 people in one day as flooding peaked

Response crews rescued about 50 people in Sumas in a single day — Thursday, Dec. 11 — during recent floods caused by heavy rainfall, according to Fire District 14 Chief Jerry DeBruin. Most of the ...
Tri-City Herald

Flood sirens sounding in Sumas; Everson residents urged to seek higher ground

A vehicle hauls a trailer full of sandbags in Sumas as residents prepared for possible flooding Dec. 10, 2025. Rachel Showalter The Bellingham Herald Sumas officials prepared to sound their flood ...