Columbia area was responsible for an accident that killed five people. Across British Columbia, several thousand homes and businesses lost power, extensive rains of well over and melting snows caused extensive flooding and 15 homes were evacuated because of a rapidly rising river filled with debris near the Sea-to-Sky Highway in Strachan Point north of Vancouver. The seawall of Vancouver's Stanley Park was also damaged by a mudslide as a result of the storms, causing CAD$9 million in damage. The seawall had been just recently reopened on November 16 after repairs in the wake of the Hanukkah Eve Windstorm of the previous December. See also 2007 Pacific typhoon season Great Gale of 1880 Columbus Day Storm of 1962 South Valley Surprise of 2002 Hanukkah Eve windstorm of 2006 Global storm activity of 2006 January 2012 Pacific Northwest snowstorm References External links CNN coverage Office of the Washington State Climatologist report & precipitation totals 2007 meteorology Natural disasters in Oregon Natural disasters in Washington (state) Natural disasters in British Columbia 2007 natural disasters in the United States 2007 in British Columbia Pacific Northwest storms 2007 in Oregon 2007 in Washington (state) 2007 disasters in Canada