evacuation
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Okanagan Indian Band issues evacuation orders as lake levels rise
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band has issued evacuation orders for flood affected residents and…

UPDATED FLOOD WATCH 2017: Blocked creek threatens properties near Oliver
UPDATE: 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Ma21, 2017 OLIVER – The evacuation order issued last night has…

Evacuation order rescinded for Kamloops area threatened by landslide
KAMLOOPS – The City of Kamloops has decided the landslide situation near Ramage Road has…

UPDATE: Parker Cove residents evacuated overnight now allowed to return home
VERNON – People living in Parker Cove, on Okanagan Lake, have been given the OK…

Eight homes evacuated and state of emergency declared in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A state of local emergency has been called as eight homes have been…

UPDATE: Shuswap road open to single lane traffic after landslide
SHUSWAP – Two homes are damaged and several residents were evacuated following a landslide on…

UPDATE: Aggressive Lytton wildfire now 300 hectares, believed to be human caused
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 31 The size of the South Spencer Road fire has…

Silver Star Mountain prepares for wildfire emergency
SILVER STAR – It was a village-wide fire drill, complete with an air siren and…

Would you know what to do if there was an evacuation in the North Okanagan?
VERNON – It’s one of those things you hope you never need to know: how…

Fire forces evacuation at Enderby high school
ENDERBY – High school students in Enderby were evacuated this afternoon due to a fire.…

UPDATE: Gas leak repaired after forcing evacuation in West Kelowna
UPDATE: 6:37 A.M., SEPT. 1, 2015 The leak has been repaired and evacuees were allowed back home by about 7:30 p.m., Aug. 31, 2015. 2:36 P.M., AUG. 31, 2015 WEST KELOWNA - A natural gas leak has forced people out of their homes in West Kelowna this afternoon. The gas leak has forced the evacuation...

Bolean Lake wildfire near Falkland continues to burn
FALKLAND - The Bolean Lake wildfire near Falkland continues to burn aggressively, although a change in weather is giving crews a better chance to hold it back. The wind died down enough on Tuesday, July 21, for air tankers to return to the skies above the 230-hectare fire, B.C. Wildfire information officer Kelsey Winter says....

UPDATE WITH VIDEO: Homes evacuated as ‘river of mud’ flows through Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - A storm moving over the city dropped a lot of rain in a short amount of time over Westsyde and now a 'river of mud' is reportedly forcing evacuations of Oak Hills Boulevard area. Emergency crews encountered heavy traffic as they tried to get to the area and reports on social media showed...

Hunt on for Orchard Park Mall suspicious package suspect
KELOWNA – RCMP need your help to find the man who allegedly left a suspicious package at Sears in the Orchard Park Mall forcing an evacuation and a call to the bomb squad. RCMP say the mall was cleared out at yesterday afternoon when a Sears' employee found a suspicious package and contacted mall security...
Windstorm wreaks havoc on Lumby trailer park
LUMBY - It was like a scene out of the Wizard of Oz: A carport swept into the air, bits of siding blowing off homes and dust clouding the air. There were numerous wind-related incidents Saturday afternoon in the North Okanagan — B.C. Hydro responded to some 300 wind-related outages across the province — but a trailer...