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Highway 97 in Cache Creek at the junction with Highway 1 on May 2. Highways 1 and 97 have both reopened to single-lane-alternating traffic with a pilot car. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)

Highways 1 and 97 in Cache Creek reopen to single-lane traffic

Both highways have been closed to all traffic due to heavy flooding

Highway 97 in Cache Creek at the junction with Highway 1 on May 2. Highways 1 and 97 have both reopened to single-lane-alternating traffic with a pilot car. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)
Cache Creek, here seen on May 3, has been hit hard by flooding, but other areas of the southern Interior could also be in for significant flooding. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Scharfenberg)

‘Significant’ flooding could be in store for large parts of B.C., says expert

Ground zero stretches across the southern Interior with Cache Creek and Grand Forks most affected

Cache Creek, here seen on May 3, has been hit hard by flooding, but other areas of the southern Interior could also be in for significant flooding. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Scharfenberg)
Flooding in Cache Creek taken May 3, by Kevin Scharfenberg.

‘Highway 97 unsafe’: Flood waters shut down roads in Cache Creek

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming speaks to the flooding

Flooding in Cache Creek taken May 3, by Kevin Scharfenberg.
Photo taken by the Scharfenberg Clan on May 2 evening. (Facebook)

Aerial view of destructive flooding in Cache Creek

‘Scharfenberg Clan’ shot drone footage of the village on May 3

Photo taken by the Scharfenberg Clan on May 2 evening. (Facebook)
Highway 3 is closed at both the Bombi Pass and from Salmo to Creston. File photo

Highway 3 opens to single-lane traffic after landslide closure

Bombi Summit near Castlegar re-opened after flooding closure

Highway 3 is closed at both the Bombi Pass and from Salmo to Creston. File photo
Rising temperatures, followed by heavy rains, will worsen conditions in areas already experiencing flooding in the coming days. Areas in red are subject to a flood warning, meaning river level have exceeded bankfull or will exceed bankfull imminently, resulting in flooding. Areas in yellow are subject to a flood watch, meaning rivers levels are rising and will approach or may exceed bankfull. Flooding may occur. Areas in yellow are subject to a high streamflow advisory, meaning river levels are rising or expected to rise rapidly, but no major flooding is expected. (Screencap)

Higher temperatures followed by heavy rains mean more B.C. flooding in coming days

Officials warn flooding to get worse in Cache Creek, parts of Okanagan and Boundary region

Rising temperatures, followed by heavy rains, will worsen conditions in areas already experiencing flooding in the coming days. Areas in red are subject to a flood warning, meaning river level have exceeded bankfull or will exceed bankfull imminently, resulting in flooding. Areas in yellow are subject to a flood watch, meaning rivers levels are rising and will approach or may exceed bankfull. Flooding may occur. Areas in yellow are subject to a high streamflow advisory, meaning river levels are rising or expected to rise rapidly, but no major flooding is expected. (Screencap)
A man walks through floodwaters in western Rwanda on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. A public broadcaster in Rwanda says at more than 100 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western and northern provinces of the country. (RwandaTV via AP)

Floods amid heavy rainfall kill more than 100 in Rwanda

Rainstorms caused flooding and mudslides that swept away several houses, left roads inaccessible

A man walks through floodwaters in western Rwanda on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. A public broadcaster in Rwanda says at more than 100 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western and northern provinces of the country. (RwandaTV via AP)
Cache Creek overflows the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)

Flooding prompts state of local emergency in Cache Creek

One property has been placed on evacuation order

Cache Creek overflows the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29. (Photo credit: Sheila Olson)
Cache Creek overflowed the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29, prompting the village to declare a State of Local Emergency and place one property east of the site on evacuation order. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Flooding prompts state of local emergency in Cache Creek

One property has been placed on evacuation order

Cache Creek overflowed the culvert at Quartz Road on the evening of April 29, prompting the village to declare a State of Local Emergency and place one property east of the site on evacuation order. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
The Fraser River is seen between Hope and Agassiz, B.C., on Monday, July 6, 2020. Parts of British Columbia’s Interior region remain under a flood watch as warm weather over the weekend melted snow and more rain is forecast in some communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Some communities in B.C.’s interior remain on flood watch with rain in the forecast

Several Interior communities in B.C. expecting to see rain Monday

The Fraser River is seen between Hope and Agassiz, B.C., on Monday, July 6, 2020. Parts of British Columbia’s Interior region remain under a flood watch as warm weather over the weekend melted snow and more rain is forecast in some communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The flooded Mississippi River surrounds the homes on Abel Island near Guttenberg, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (Stephen Gassman/Telegraph Herald via AP)

Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging

Huge snowpack that began to quickly melt leading to near-record river levels

The flooded Mississippi River surrounds the homes on Abel Island near Guttenberg, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (Stephen Gassman/Telegraph Herald via AP)
Flooding in fall 2021 caused massive to the provincial infrastructure including Highway 8 along the Nicola River near Merritt. Current snow-pack levels are at seasonal norms across the province, but other parts are above seasonal norms. (BC Transportation/Twitter)

Some parts of B.C.’s Interior face spring flooding risk: River Forecast Centre

Snow pack level for entire province, including Lower Fraser River, at normal seasonal levels

Flooding in fall 2021 caused massive to the provincial infrastructure including Highway 8 along the Nicola River near Merritt. Current snow-pack levels are at seasonal norms across the province, but other parts are above seasonal norms. (BC Transportation/Twitter)
Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens speaks during a press conference on Feb. 23, flanked by Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (left) and Taleeb Noormohamed, MP for Vancouver Granville and Chair of the Liberal Pacific Caucus Chair. (Photo: City of Abbotsford)

Federal disaster aid program for 2021 B.C. floods now tops $1 billion

Today’s announcement in Abbotsford is for $557 million, the second payment installment

Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens speaks during a press conference on Feb. 23, flanked by Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (left) and Taleeb Noormohamed, MP for Vancouver Granville and Chair of the Liberal Pacific Caucus Chair. (Photo: City of Abbotsford)
FILE - Tents are set up for climbers on the Khumbu Glacier, with Mount Khumbutse, center, and Khumbu Icefall, right, seen in background, at Everest Base Camp in Nepal on April 11, 2015. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)

15 million people around the world live under threat of glacial floods: study

It’s a threat Americans and Europeans rarely think about

FILE - Tents are set up for climbers on the Khumbu Glacier, with Mount Khumbutse, center, and Khumbu Icefall, right, seen in background, at Everest Base Camp in Nepal on April 11, 2015. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
In this image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, an elderly woman sits on a chair while being carried by coast guard personnel wading through floodwaters in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental province in the southern Philippines, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Heavy rains and floods devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Floods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing

Over 4,500 houses were damaged by the floods, along with roads and bridges

In this image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, an elderly woman sits on a chair while being carried by coast guard personnel wading through floodwaters in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental province in the southern Philippines, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Heavy rains and floods devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
People walk along the Stanley Park seawall as rain falls Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, while a small amount of snow remains after last week’s snowstorm in Vancouver. Flood watches and high streamflow advisories are posted across Vancouver Island and much of British Columbia’s inner south coast as heavy rain and high tides raise the risk of flooding after pre-Christmas snowstorms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Rain, run-off from recent snow, surging tides raise flood concerns in parts of B.C.

Flood watches in effect for Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island

People walk along the Stanley Park seawall as rain falls Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, while a small amount of snow remains after last week’s snowstorm in Vancouver. Flood watches and high streamflow advisories are posted across Vancouver Island and much of British Columbia’s inner south coast as heavy rain and high tides raise the risk of flooding after pre-Christmas snowstorms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Environment Canada is warning of possible coastal flooding in Metro Vancouver and eastern Vancouver Island Tuesday, Dec. 22. (Shane MacKichan/special to Black Press Media)

Coastal flood warning issued for low-lying areas of Metro Vancouver

Flooding possible around Vancouver, Surrey, Langley, Richmond, Delta

Environment Canada is warning of possible coastal flooding in Metro Vancouver and eastern Vancouver Island Tuesday, Dec. 22. (Shane MacKichan/special to Black Press Media)
A hiker passes through along a trail amidst a grove of poplar trees at the Rouge Urban National Park, in Toronto, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini

Feds won’t help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas

Environment minister’s comments come after Ontario reveals plans to build in ‘Greenbelt’

A hiker passes through along a trail amidst a grove of poplar trees at the Rouge Urban National Park, in Toronto, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
Tolmie Road on Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford was among the areas hardest hit by the 2021 floods. The second of two men who were charged after trying to steal farm equipment in the area has now been sentenced. (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News)

No jail time for man who tried to steal farm equipment from B.C. flood victim

Patrick Schryver one of two men arrested on Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford on Dec. 15, 2021

Tolmie Road on Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford was among the areas hardest hit by the 2021 floods. The second of two men who were charged after trying to steal farm equipment in the area has now been sentenced. (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News)
One of the dairy cows that was rescued during the flooding of Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie birthed her own calf on Nov. 8, 2022 at Phillip Graham’s dairy farm. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

VIDEO: Life carries on at Abbotsford dairy farm where 200 cows died

Calves rescued by boat during flooding now grown heifers having calves of their own

One of the dairy cows that was rescued during the flooding of Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie birthed her own calf on Nov. 8, 2022 at Phillip Graham’s dairy farm. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)