Abbotsford, B.C., resident Teresa Vogel showed up Saturday at Delair Park, where her son plays baseball, to see the damage from floodwaters for herself after heavy rain flooded parts of the city and closed roads, including a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Vogel said it was devastating and was shocked to see the baseball diamond surrounded by water, though it had receded since the day before.
“I can’t believe I was walking on that field months ago, and now you can’t even go down there,” she said. “When we got the news that it was flooded here at Delair, it was shocking—more shocking when you come and see it in person.”…