City of Kamloops urges residents to be careful around creeks and streams
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KAMLOOPS — Be sure to keep a safe distance from waterways.
The City of Kamloops is putting out the words of caution in light of this week’s sudden increase in temperatures. It warns warmer weather coupled with the snow melt could lead to trouble.
“With the warmer weather that’s going to start bringing the water down, we’re just urging people to stay away and keep their kids and pets away from the edges of the banks,” says Lyle Weninger, life safety educator with Kamloops Fire Rescue. “As the water comes up it can wash out from underneath the sides of the banks and people don’t realize that and they step on it and then it can collapse underneath them and they can be in the stream.”
In light of the change in the weather, the city is working with the BC River Forecast Centre and Emergency Management BC to do things like monitor snowpack levels and water levels around town. It adds it expects to see creeks and streams begin to rise.
