Summer-like conditions in B.C.’s Interior topple temperature records, worsen flooding

The ongoing spell of summer-like weather in B.C. has led to a slew of broken temperature records Wednesday and has sped-up mountain snowmelt and worsened spring flood conditions. 

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Flood warning, watches continue for B.C.’s Interior

Flood watches have been issued in B.C., from the Okanagan to the Alberta border, and local regional districts are readying for potential flooding.

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‘Traumatizing:’ Creek water rushes into Okanagan neighbourhood, floods streets and homes

As families rush to save their homes from flooding, residents from Parker Cove, B.C., who are not impacted, and others from further away, are pitching in to help with sandbagging.

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Where I live in Chateauguay, Quebec, one way we know that Spring is coming is with the arrival of this Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker on the Chateauguay River. It’s a hovercraft.
Ice blocks on the Chateauguay River used to cause regular Spring flooding so we used to break up the ice with dynamite.
note: The garbage bags on the side held sand to buttress the shoreline. Video taken two years ago.

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