The breach of a dike in Abbotsford, B.C., that contributed to disastrous flooding throughout the Sumas plain was anticipated in a 2015 review for the provincial government.

Concerned citizens in Cartier and St. Francois Xavier have been shoring up some sand dikes that sprung small leaks Wednesday. So far, there have been no major breaches.

The province responded by building a sand dike that stretches the length of the beach — or what used to be the beach in summers when the lake hadn’t risen so high.

More than 100 dikes across B.C. – including Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops – were built by the province, ignored by municipalities and claimed by no one. Thanks to climate change, that system ...

While no field work was done for that report, records showed that more than half of the dikes are too low to withstand “design flood levels,” based on water levels on the Fraser River during ...

The Living Dike is a pilot project testing nature-based solutions to sea-level rise while restoring vital wildlife habitat ...

But some time during the night, the organization of waves — or perhaps their disorganization — had built a shallow sand dike across the mouth of the brook, turning it to the right and sending ...

On further analysis, scientists found the sand dikes in the pond were all created at the same time about 2,500 years ago. A similar change was discovered at a site about 85km downstream.

On one flank of the pond, they spotted vertical dikes of sand that are well-known as a feature created by earthquakes. The dikes are caused when quakes pressurise buried sand and inject it up out of ...