Update: 2:30 P.M. UPDATE:

The North Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has announced they are stepping down after days of hard work lead to the re-opening of the Enderby / Mabel Lake road.

The road opened early this afternoon and power was restored Saturday evening.

Roadwork continues to move towards a permanent re-opening of the road access. The public is being asked to avoid this site if possible

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Photo by David Madison – thanks to Castanet

Earlier report: Friday morning’s landslide near Mabel Lake. Several hundred people living in the area are without electricity or telephone service after power lines were destroyed east of Enderby and many are stranded after the Enderby/ Mabel Lake Road was washed out.

The slide is believed to have happened roughly 23 kilometres from the town, near the Shuswap Falls RV Park. A developer at the site said he noticed the Shuswap River begin to change around 7 a.m. Friday morning, as it rose by around three feet and was caked with mud and debris.

BC Hydro is reporting almost 700 people are affected by the outage and they don’t expect to have the power turned back on for several days. Telus also runs its phone lines on the same towers, meaning they cannot do anything until Hydro finishes its work.

A massive amount of debris also fell on a significant portion of a bridge crossing Cook Creek. It’s expected to take some time before it can be cleared away to allow traffic to resume.