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By James Peters

B.C. Flood

Province issues advisory for rising North Thompson tributaries

May 6, 2020 | 10:36 AM

VICTORIA — The focus on high water has shifted to the North Thompson.

For the first time this season, the B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for tributaries of the North Thompson River around the communities of Barriere and Clearwater.

In a release issued Wednesday morning (May 6), the Centre says Fishtrap Creek near McLure is flowing at nine cubic-metres-per-second, which is a five-year flow rate.

Meantime, the province is maintaining high streamflow advisories in place for the following areas:

• Cache Creek and the Bonaparte River and the areas surrounding them
• The Upper Nicola River above Nicola Lake
• Tributaries throughout the North Okanagan around Vernon, Lumby and Winfield
• The Salmon River near Salmon Arm

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The Forecast Centre says rain and snowmelt runoff have contributed to rising flows, and more rain forecast for Wednesday could contribute to significant river rises, depending on how much rain falls.