A spell of unseasonably warm weather forecast for most of British Columbia is raising concerns for further flooding and wildfires.
Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the heat, which is expected to push past 30 C by the weekend in many areas, will affect the pace of snowmelt — which has already sent river levels over their banks in several parts of central and southeastern B.C.
Dave Campbell with the B.C. River Forecast Centre told a briefing on Monday that above-seasonal temperatures have burned through about a quarter of the province’s snowpack, which is much faster than normal.
The province’s snow basin map shows snowpack ranging from a low
