A statement from the B.C. government says hot weather is expected to accelerate snowmelt throughout the Interior through Friday, followed by heavy rainfall.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. — The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has sped up snowmelt in the mountains, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closures in several areas of the province's southern Interior.
One home in the village west of Kamloops is likely lost, and the number of properties under evacuation order has ticked up to 13 from five earlier Wednesday. A mudslide has forced the closure of an 80-kilometre stretch of Highway 3 between Salmo and Creston, causing longer wait times for the Kootenay Lake ferry.
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