Heavy Rains Shut Railroad Tracks Near Canada’s Biggest Port

  • Deluge triggers multiple mud and rock slides from mountainside
  • GCT Deltaport closes because of strong winds near Vancouver
Photographer: Jennifer Gauthier/Bloomberg
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Railroad tracks that carry goods to and from the Port of Vancouver have been shut by heavy rains and resultant mudslides in British Columbia.

The closures threaten to further delay transport of materials and crops at Canada’s biggest port and complicate global supply-chain snarls that have led to shortages and price spikes.