While municipalities across the Lower Mainland recover from the recent storm that pounded the region with nearly a hundred millimetres of rain, Burnaby's dikes and drainage systems are proving their worth.
While the city has seen some flooding, Erik Schmidt, superintendent of roads and drainage, says it's concentrated mostly in South Burnaby's Big Bend area.
"We're seeing some localized flooding in some of the trails in the parks areas that are along the river front, but these are some low-lying areas that are sort of in the flood prone areas," he told the NOW.
Frequent users of Burnaby's Fraser Foreshore Park will have noticed signs posted by the engineering department indicating that portions of the trail system are closed until further notice. This is not uncommon at this time of year, Schmidt added, as the area does often experience seasonal flooding.
Despite this, the city's dikes along the Fraser River between both the New Westminster and Vancouver borders are holding out against the especially large tides (commonly referred to as a king tide).
"We've been monitoring our dikes and our flood boxes and everything has been performing as planned," Schmidt said.
While the rest of the city has remained relatively dry, Schmidt said clean up crews have been clearing storm drains of debris so the water drains.
"We're seeing a lot of rainfall, too, and that's throughout the city, and so we've got crews out. We're obviously sweeping the roads trying to ... clean up as much leaves as we can," he said.
Residents can do their part to keep water from pooling on streets by keeping the drains in front of their homes clean and avoid blowing or sweeping leaves in to the drains.
While residents are encouraged to clear out debris from drains, some may not be as able-bodied as others. Seniors or people who can't physically clean out debris can call the city for assistance.
"If someone phones, we'll send a crew out," Schmidt said. "We'd prefer that if people are capable of doing it themselves if they could do it. That just frees up the resources to respond to those who really need it."
