Province urges municipalities to be prepared in light of elevated snowpack
KAMLOOPS — The province is reminding rural municipalities to prepare for potential flooding due to the large snowpack looming in the back country.
Dave Campbell of the BC River Forecast Centre says the province has about 20 per cent more snow than it would normally expect for the beginning of March.
Campbell says because we just came out of a La Nina winter, BC could see significantly more snow fall on the mountains before the season is done.
“We’re definitely growing the snowpack at a faster rate than is normal. Most regions gained about 10 per cent over their February values. That really starts to nudge us, particularly as a concern being the Southern Interior region of the province, extending from the Similkameen, Nicola to the Okanagan and Boundary country,” said Campbell.