NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
January 13, 2026 – 3:15 p.m.

The Fraser Valley Regional District has issued an Evacuation Alert Rescind/Cancelled for Electoral Area E – Lands near the Chilliwack River because of current lower river levels. An Evacuation Alert or Order may need to be reissued; however, if that is deemed necessary, the Evacuation Alert/Order process will re-commence. 

Evacuation Alert Rescinded/Cancelled from the following properties:

• Between the City of Chilliwack boundary and Allison Pool/Big Bend, lands south of Chilliwack Lake and O’Byrne Road and lands adjacent to the Chilliwack River as shown on the map below; and,
• Between Allison Pool and Chilliwack Lake, lands near the Chilliwack River or within the Chilliwack River floodplain including the Paulsen Road subdivision.
• Link to the Evacuation Alert Rescind https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Services/Documents/EOC/2026%2001%2013%20-%20EVACUATION%20ALERT-%20RESCIND%20-%20Chilliwack%20River%20Properties.pdf

The period of flood risk associated with the January 11 – 12, 2026 atmospheric river event has sufficiently subsided for this alert to be removed. However, the Chilliwack River presents ongoing flood and erosion risk to the Electoral Area E. In addition, damage to the orphan dike in the Sheldon Road neighbourhood leaves increased risk of flooding and erosion specifically to this neighbourhood.  

How to Stay Informed:

• fvrd.ca/eoc and fvrd.ca/alerts for the most up-to-date information
• Facebook (@FraserValleyRD)
• Alertable for Emergency Community Notifications through email, SMS, and phone call notifications
• DriveBC.ca for road conditions and route planning
• BCHydro.com/outages for local power outage information
• Weather.gc.ca for monitoring weather alerts, warnings, forecasts
• PreparedBC.ca for preparedness info
• To stay up to date on current emergencies in B.C., go to https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/
• To learn more about emergency preparedness and to sign up for emergency alerts, visit https://www.fvrd.ca/EN/main/services/emergency-management.html

The FVRD is the third most populous regional district in British Columbia and one of twenty-seven throughout the province. The FVRD delivers over 100 services to approximately 340,000 residents across a land base of 13,361 square kilometers. The FVRD’s eight electoral areas include all of the unincorporated communities on the north and south sides of the Fraser River, reaching up beyond the Nahatlatch River in the north and extending down to the U.S. border in the south. The FVRD is responsible for governance, administration and services for the eight electoral areas, each named separately by letters of the alphabet (A-H). Learn more about the FVRD at fvrd.ca.

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Media contact:

FVRD Communications

604-702-5000

EOC.COMMUNICATIONS@fvrd.ca