B.C. floods: Evacuation alerts issued, state of local emergency declared in northern B.C. bcfloods bcstorm
A reception centre for evacuees has been set up at the Thornhill Community Center in Terrace, 3091 Century St. Evacuees can call 250-641-2443 if they need transportation assistance.
Steady warming last week led to more snowmelt and runoff in rivers in northern and central B.C., it said, while a storm system added rain to rivers. “Broadly speaking, hydrologic forecasts through the region for the next few days indicate steady or falling streamflow levels, with the provision that smaller systems could see a larger response than forecast due to local convective precipitation that is difficult to forecast,” it said.Article content
While more rain was in the forecast as of Sunday, it was not expected to be as heavy as Friday and Saturday and smaller rivers in the southern Interior have already peaked, it said.
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