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The problem of floodwaters gushing from Washington state was raised during a meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden.
The next weather system is expected to arrive late Friday night or early Saturday morning with precipitation amounts expected to be "way less than what we have seen lately,"
"There remains much uncertainty on how changes to the river channel, depleted floodplain storage, and overfull tributaries may affect Nooksack River flooding."
Damage done to the levee system during the mid-November flooding has the potential to allow flooding to occur at lower river levels.
Rain is forecast to begin late tonight and continue through Thursday morning.
"Life safety will continue to be our number one priority through this flood event."
The closure was announced about 1pm today, November 28th, as heavy rains caused surface and river water flooding.
The road was closed in both directions about 12:30pm.