‘Extreme weather’ fans flood concerns
KAMLOOPS — Little help in sight from Mother Nature when it comes to the flooding situation in B.C.’s Interior.
Dave Campbell, head of the BC River Forecast Centre, said during a teleconference Monday that we’re now headed into our fourth consecutive week of “extremely high temperatures across the province.”
“Average temperatures over the last three weeks have been six degrees above normal,” he said. “It’s been melting snow rapidly. Mid elevations have melted by half or two-thirds which is now shifting to mid to upper elevations.”
To make matters worse, Campbell said this week’s forecast heat wave will bring temperatures to an average of 10 to 15 degrees above normal.