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The storm system, which had unleashed record-breaking rainfall, was the first in a devastating sequence of events that affected the entire region. By the time the rains had subsided, what was once a beautiful, thriving environment had turned into an apocalyptic landscape of destruction. The floods and landslides that followed were nothing short of catastrophic, as entire mountainsides became liquefied, sending millions of tons of earth, uprooted trees, and massive boulders crashing down onto the highways. The Duffy Lake Road, a major artery connecting the Lower Mainland of British Columbia to the rest of the province, was one of the hardest-hit areas. The scenes in the aftermath were nothing short of desolation—a river of brown earth and debris cutting through the once verdant forest canopy, burying vehicles and entire sections of the road under several meters of suffocating mud.
