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UPDATE: Cache Creek under state of local emergency; more homes evacuated

CACHE CREEK - Following flash flooding that shut down the highway and destroyed many properties Saturday Cache Creek has been placed under a state of local emergency and several homes evacuated. Mayor John Ranta made the decision Sunday afternoon. In total the heavy rainfall, which lasted for about two hours mid-afternoon on Saturday, May 23,...

UPDATE: Flash flooding at Cache Creek

8:28 P.M., MAY 23, 2015 UPDATE: The highway has reopened. Drive B.C. recommends using caution in the area still. 6:59 P.M., MAY 23, 2015 CACHE CREEK - A severe thunderstorm tracking through the Interior dropped hail and lots of rain on Cache Creek this afternoon, resulting in flash flooding that has closed down the highway....

NEWSMAKERS 2014: Flash flooding

INFONEWS.CA IS COUNTING DOWN THE TOP NEWSMAKERS OF 2014. TODAY: NUMBER FOUR KAMLOOPS - A torrential downpour hit Kamloops fast and hard in July, flooding many parts of the city and causing a lot of damage. With reports of much as 20 millimetres of rain falling in 20 minutes, meteorologist Doug Lundquist said the rate...