B.C. drivers warned as temperatures set to drop in parts of province
SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a blast of frigid cold hits over the next week and the mercury plummets across the province.
Temperatures over the next week are forecast to be five to 10 degrees Celsius below normal for the South Coast and Haida Gwaii, and 10 to 20 degrees below normal for the Interior and the North.
In parts of the North and Yukon, daytime maximum temperatures are forecast to be below -30 C by Wednesday.
B.C.’s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says in a statement that local warming centres may be opened to protect vulnerable populations and emergency shelter spaces are also available for people in need of a warm, safe place.