River levels in Kamloops are up more than 1.5 metres this week, but still no significant flood concerns

KAMLOOPS — While flooding continues in regions around Kamloops, city staff are confident residents shouldn’t be too concerned about freshet as a result of snowmelt in higher elevations.

Anyone who has been watching the North and South Thompson will have seen those waterways rise by about one-and-a-half metres over the past week. Despite that increased streamflow, City of Kamloops Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman assures residents those rivers can take a lot more water before they pose any kind of risk.

“We’re not at the point of alarm bells ringing or anything,” Wightman tells CFJC Today. “We will be staffing up over the weekend to monitor some of the smaller streams. With the possibility of thunderstorms today and into Saturday, we’ll want to keep an eye on those. We are asking the public to remain very vigilant and please report anything they’re seeing, especially with the small streams — Campbell Creek, Heffley Creek, Noble Creek — and those kinds of locations. They will respond quickly to a severe thunderstorm if one were to stall over Kamloops.”