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Spring Flooding 2018
Highway 33 to reopen late Friday after washout
KELOWNA – Highway 33 will reopen tomorrow night after a wash-out closed it two days…
B.C. Wildfire crews provide boost to South Okanagan flood control efforts
OLIVER – B.C. Wildfire personnel are keeping busy ahead of fire season by providing assistance…
Warm weather next week could provide break for flood, winter weary Interior
PENTICTON – Next week’s weather forecast should be welcome news to the winter weary, as…
Flood preparations underway in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The installation is a flood prevention measure and will require the closing…
Washouts close sections of Kelowna’s Mission Creek Greenway
KELOWNA – Waterlogged soil and creeks swollen with runoff have closed two sections of Mission…
Evacuation alert expanded to 148 properties in rural Oliver
OLIVER – The regional district is expanding an evacuation alert north of Oliver tonight. The…
Princeton-Summerland road closed due to washout
PENTICTON – Two roads remain closed today following mudslides and washouts in the region. Drive…
Green Lake Road residents under evacuation alert
PENTICTON – More properties southwest of Penticton came under evacuation alert today. The regional district…
This is the time for some dam vigilance in the Okanagan
PENTICTON – The failure of a dam on the upper reaches of Testalinden Creek near…
Urgent repairs to go ahead on waterways around Kelowna International Airport
KELOWNA – Urgent repairs to channel works around Kelowna International Airport that were damaged by…
Sportsmens Bowl Road residents facing evacuation alert
OLIVER – Properties downstream of Willowbrook are now facing potential evacuation as flooding undermines Sportsmens…
Snow pack big and could be getting bigger in the Okanagan
An already large snowpack in the Okanagan and Similkameen regions is likely to grow through…
Unauthorized dam on Park Rill Creek prompts flooding concern for Willowbrook
PENTICTON – The potential for flooding in the Park Rill Creek watershed has resulted in…
High water level on BX Creek forces trail closures in Vernon
VERNON – Spring runoff is underway and rising water levels in BX Creek have the…
Pumping required to reduce high water levels along White Lake Road
PENTICTON – Water levels are rising and surface water continues to pool in the White…
Rising Okanagan River level prompts warning from province
PENTICTON – A warning today from the province as spring runoff fills the Okanagan River…
Flood threat stabilizes in Willowbrook, but more rain forecast
PENTICTON – Willowbrook residents are anxiously watching the weather this week as efforts continue to…
Spring flooding in the Central Okanagan still a guess, not a given
KELOWNA – With reports of overland flooding different parts of the Central Okanagan and above…
Flood threat stabilizing in South Okanagan community
PENTICTON – The flood threat in the Willowbrook area has stabilized somewhat as a local…
Armstrong cancels local state of emergency
ARMSTRONG – The local state of emergency declared by the City of Armstrong due to…
Willowbrook residents work into the night to bolster flood defences
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan community rallied to protect itself following predictions of a rise…
Property owners joining fight to resolve Naramata drainage issues
PENTICTON – A Naramata man is finding increasing support from his neighbours in his quest…
Lower Glenrosa Road remains closed while flood repairs continue
WEST KELOWNA – The portion of Lower Glenrosa Road damaged by rain last week will…
UPDATE: Flooding in West Kelowna closes Lower Glenrosa Road
WEST KELOWNA – A portion of Lower Glenrosa Road will remain closed until at least…