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Spring Flooding 2017
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Regional director complains about emergency response efforts
PENTICTON – A regional district director expressed his displeasure about a perceived lack of attention…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Sandbags stolen from downtown businesses
KELOWNA – A group of downtown businesses are wondering why their sandbags were taken from…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Motor boats banned on two Kamloops area lakes until rising waters subside
KAMLOOPS – The Thompson Nicola Regional District has banned boating on two lakes in the…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Volunteers boost efforts to save Penticton Yacht Club from rising lake waters
PENTICTON – Efforts to prevent flooding at the Penticton Yacht Club continued today. Yacht Club…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Where you can’t camp in the Southern Interior this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – For many people in the Southern Interior, the Victoria Day long weekend marks…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Okanagan Lake continues to rise as Summerland helps prepare residents for highwater mark
SUMMERLAND – As waters in Okanagan Lake continue to rise officials are warning lakefront property…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Resiliency centres in Kamloops and Merritt close at end of week
KAMLOOPS – Resiliency centres for Thompson Nicola Regional District residents affected by flood waters will…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Rising water threatening homes, properties and parks around South Okanagan region
PENTICTON – Residents in the South Okanagan should be on alert as the flood risk…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: West Kelowna closing boat launches, roads as lake continues to rise
WEST KELOWNA – Boat launches in West Kelowna are being closed due to concerns about…
UPDATED FLOOD WATCH 2017: Unseasonably hot temperatures coming tomorrow could increase flood risk
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A special weather statement has just been issued by Environment Canada for most of…
UPDATED FLOOD WATCH 2017: Blocked creek threatens properties near Oliver
UPDATE: 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Ma21, 2017 OLIVER – The evacuation order issued last night has…
Evacuation order issued by the Okanagan Indian Band for lakefront lots
VERNON – An evacuation order has been issued for six lots on Okanagan Indian Band…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: West Kelowna RCMP investigate complaints of boaters too close to shore
KELOWNA – RCMP received complaints about boaters on Okanagan Lake in West Kelowna ignoring the…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Penticton prepares for weather change on Okanagan Lake
PENTICTON – A change in the weather means a new flooding threat on Okanagan Lake…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Unseasonably high river flow and flood conditions persist in Interior
Rivers continue to flow higher than normal with extreme flows and flood conditions persisting in…