B.C. Floods 2021

A screenshot from a video taken by Christopher Sherriff and posted to the Big White Mountain Community News Facebook group showing a road washed out. (Facebook)

Fast flowing water washes out road in Big White

Videos of water moving through the community were posted to social media May 27

  • May 31, 2023

 

Water is pumped out from a flooded home near the Bonaparte River as sandbags line a sidewalk in Cache Creek, B.C., on May 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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While Shuswap Lake continues to rise, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District said Friday, May 26, that it isn’t anticipating any threat to structures around the lake due to widespread flooding. (City of Salmon Arm graphic )

Shuswap Lake expected to peak next week, widespread flooding not anticipated

‘This month is trending to be the warmest and driest May on record’

 

Mission Creek in Kelowna is shown at a high level on May 23, 2023. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Flood watch over for Okanagan

Warmer and drier conditions expected for rest of week

Mission Creek in Kelowna is shown at a high level on May 23, 2023. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
In the spring of 2017, an orchard in the Garnet Valley area of Summerland was one of many properties affected by flooding. (Summerland Review file photo)

Summerland has experienced past flood damages

Floods in 1908, 1948, 1972 and more recently have taken a toll on the community

In the spring of 2017, an orchard in the Garnet Valley area of Summerland was one of many properties affected by flooding. (Summerland Review file photo)
Barricades have been placed at the Kildonan boat launch which is now closed due to rising levels of the Shuswap River, the City of Enderby said Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (City of Enderby photo)

Rising Shuswap River forces closure of Enderby park, boat launch

The city will activate its emergency operations centre if flood conditions worsen

Barricades have been placed at the Kildonan boat launch which is now closed due to rising levels of the Shuswap River, the City of Enderby said Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (City of Enderby photo)
This photo provided by the Italian Firefighters shows firefighters rescuing a person from a flooded house in Riccione, in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Unusually heavy rains have caused major flooding in Emilia Romagna, where trains were stopped and schools were closed in many towns while people were asked to leave the ground floors of their homes and to avoid going out. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

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This photo provided by the Italian Firefighters shows firefighters rescuing a person from a flooded house in Riccione, in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Unusually heavy rains have caused major flooding in Emilia Romagna, where trains were stopped and schools were closed in many towns while people were asked to leave the ground floors of their homes and to avoid going out. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)
AIM Roads clears debris from under the Haines Road bridge in Silver Creek to prevent flooding during the weekend of May 6, 2023. (Photo contributed)

Peak levels predicted for Shuswap Lake in late May, early June if heat persists

Salmon River expected to keep dropping unless unforeseen heavy rains materialize

AIM Roads clears debris from under the Haines Road bridge in Silver Creek to prevent flooding during the weekend of May 6, 2023. (Photo contributed)
Properties on Raven Road along Saskatoon Road adjacent to the mouth of Whiteman’s Creek in Parker Cove on Okanagan Indian Band land are no longer under an evacuation order due to flooding as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Google Earth/OKIB)

Flooding evacuation order lifted for more Okanagan properties

Flooding has peaked in the Parker Cove area

Properties on Raven Road along Saskatoon Road adjacent to the mouth of Whiteman’s Creek in Parker Cove on Okanagan Indian Band land are no longer under an evacuation order due to flooding as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Google Earth/OKIB)
Flooding in the Old Remo area west of Terrace May 16. (Viktor Elias/Terrace Standard)

State of Local Emergency declared for parts of Northwest B.C. due to flooding

Areas of the City of Terrace now under evacuation alert

Flooding in the Old Remo area west of Terrace May 16. (Viktor Elias/Terrace Standard)
Anna Konrad rests on her family’s trampoline in the Sumas Prairie region of Abbotsford on a recent warm day. She has created a podcast documenting the post-traumatic stress kids like her are experiencing from the flooding in November 2021, and pressuring the government to keep the issue top of mind. (Submitted photo)

Young B.C. podcast creator opens dialogue on PTSD for flood-affected children

5-episode series tackles post-traumatic stress and urges politicians to keep issue top of mind

Anna Konrad rests on her family’s trampoline in the Sumas Prairie region of Abbotsford on a recent warm day. She has created a podcast documenting the post-traumatic stress kids like her are experiencing from the flooding in November 2021, and pressuring the government to keep the issue top of mind. (Submitted photo)
A man drinks a beer at Crab Park in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 13, 2023.Flood and fire risks in B.C.’s interior continue as unseasonably hot weather gripped much of the province this weekend, as some hard-hit communities grapple with potential evacuations and clean-up efforts from earlier weather events.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Several heat records broken over weekend as B.C. gripped by heat, fire, flood risk

Heat wave expected to peak today as high temperatures grip across much of the province

A man drinks a beer at Crab Park in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 13, 2023.Flood and fire risks in B.C.’s interior continue as unseasonably hot weather gripped much of the province this weekend, as some hard-hit communities grapple with potential evacuations and clean-up efforts from earlier weather events.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A view of the Upper BX Creek sediment basin, captured May 14, 2020. (City of Vernon photo)

900 mm of snowpack remaining to flood down North Okanagan creeks

The RDNO is warning residents to avoid BX Creek for the next week, if not longer

A view of the Upper BX Creek sediment basin, captured May 14, 2020. (City of Vernon photo)
The beach front properties highlighted on this map from Raven Road to 209 Saskatoon Road are no longer under an evacuation order as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Google Earth image)

UPDATE: Evacuation order lifted for some Okanagan beach front properties

Properties between Raven Road and 209 Saskatoon Rd. are no longer under an evacuation order

The beach front properties highlighted on this map from Raven Road to 209 Saskatoon Road are no longer under an evacuation order as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Google Earth image)
The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo, is maintaining a state of local emergency due to flooding.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sheila Olson *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Hundreds ordered out of riverside mobile homes in flood-hit Cache Creek

Bonaparte River flowing at 100-year level, high heat threatening to accelerate snowmelt

The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo, is maintaining a state of local emergency due to flooding.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sheila Olson *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Alice and Gary Hucul’s yard in the 500 block of Salmon River Road has been flooding recently but they have done a lot of work in hopes of preventing a repeat of the devastation in 2018. (Photo contributed)

Residents in Shuswap brace for high temperatures as they protect homes from flooding

Silver Creek landowners have bolstered properties in order to prevent repeat of 2017 and 2018

Alice and Gary Hucul’s yard in the 500 block of Salmon River Road has been flooding recently but they have done a lot of work in hopes of preventing a repeat of the devastation in 2018. (Photo contributed)
High water levels at the Shuttleworth Creek Bridge in Okanagan Falls on Wednesday, May 3. (Warren Smith - Western News)

Evacuation alert remains in effect around Okanagan Falls

75 properties near Shuttleworth Creek affected by order

High water levels at the Shuttleworth Creek Bridge in Okanagan Falls on Wednesday, May 3. (Warren Smith - Western News)
Highway 99, north of Lilooet, is single-lane with alternating traffic Tuesday morning (May 9) due to flooding at Timmions Creek.

Single-lane traffic on Highway 99, north of Lillooet, due to flooding

Transportation Ministry closed highway between Pemberton, Lilooet for potential slide risks

Highway 99, north of Lilooet, is single-lane with alternating traffic Tuesday morning (May 9) due to flooding at Timmions Creek.
Water from the Salmon River moves from a flooded adjacent field and onto the frontage road east of the old Salmon River Bridge in Salmon Arm on Monday, May 8, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Hot weather to bring further snow melt, increased wildfire risk in Columbia Shuswap

Salmon Arm expected to reach temperature high of 32 C next weekend

Water from the Salmon River moves from a flooded adjacent field and onto the frontage road east of the old Salmon River Bridge in Salmon Arm on Monday, May 8, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
The Kettle River rages under the Black Train Bridge on Kettle River Drive in Grand Forks last Friday evening. photo Chris Hammett

B.C. flood risk enters period of stabilization, but more snowmelt anticipated

Provincial river forecast centre downgrading flood warnings to flood advisories

The Kettle River rages under the Black Train Bridge on Kettle River Drive in Grand Forks last Friday evening. photo Chris Hammett