Environment Canada issues rainfall and wind warnings for coastal British Columbia as a robust Pacific storm brings in moisture from Typhoon Bolaven.
Heavy rain and powerful winds are expected to buffet much of British Columbia’s coastal regions over the coming days as a “robust Pacific weather system” moves onshore, said Environment Canada in multiple alerts Tuesday morning.
“This is heavy rainfall amounts,” said Alyssa Charbonneau, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.By Tuesday morning, the stretch of coast from Nanaimo to Victoria had so far escaped a rainfall warning; however, North Vancouver Island, the Central Coast and Haida Gwaii sat under wind warnings with strong southwesterly gusts expected to reach 110 kilometres an hour.
B.C.’s River Forecast Centre issued high streamflow advisories across every region of Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, as well as the Upper Columbia, and North and South Thompson river basins. The frontal band of rain is expected to persist into Wednesday, delivering rainfall into the afternoon.
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