B.C. Interior communities brace for weekend rain as floods forecasted in Okanagan

People in the southern British Columbia community of Grand Forks are hustling to get ahead of a deluge of melting snow and heavy rain after learning a costly…

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has issued an alert for an additional 591 properties affecting an estimated 1,182 people in the surrounding area.

In Cache Creek, Mayor John Ranta said Thursday that the normally babbling brook has become a raging river and setting up barriers hasn’t kept the floodwaters at bay. The Okanagan Indian Band has placed several properties on evacuation order in the neighbourhood of Parker Cove, west of Vernon, where it says floodwaters from Whiteman Creek have eroded land and undercut trees.Article content

He said his daughter’s home was affected in the last major flood, giving him both a personal and professional perspective on the stress of dealing with catastrophes.

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