That year's floods had more than 2,300 homes were destroyed, 16,000 people displaced, and a great number of livestock killed.
At the flood's height, the water level measured 7.6 m. The areas of Abbotsford and northern Langley were particularly hard hit.
When the waters receded, 10 were dead and 1,500 were left homeless, and between $150 and 210 million in damage had been inflicted on the area[1][2][3] A district engineer with the Dominion Power and Water Bureau, CW Webb, warns that unless there is a large change in temperature within ten days, floods will consume the Lower Fraser Valley.
Residents began to worry about the high water levels in late May, and on May 28, the dikes at Agassiz and Nicomen Island broke.
The Cloverdale Athletic Hall holds a fundraiser for the flood relief effort, which was quickly sold out.