B.C. Floods 2021

A section of frontage road by the old Salmon River Bridge is closed due to water pouring over from a flooded field at DeMille’s Farm Market on Monday morning, May 8, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

VIDEO: Flooding at Salmon Arm business washes onto and closes section of new frontage road

Business owners question why section of was road lowered as part of Highway 1 project

A section of frontage road by the old Salmon River Bridge is closed due to water pouring over from a flooded field at DeMille’s Farm Market on Monday morning, May 8, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Homes on Willowdale Drive and Patterson Avenue in Armstrong suffered extensive flood damage in 2017. (Chris Smallwood photo)

Flood watch ends for Armstrong

City urging residents to remain vigilant

Homes on Willowdale Drive and Patterson Avenue in Armstrong suffered extensive flood damage in 2017. (Chris Smallwood photo)
Fenchurch Avenue in Princeton after the flood of Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Three hundred homes were damaged by the flooding.
(Andrea DeMeer file photo)

Princeton and Merritt mayors call for climate change help

The mayors spoke to the federal government on May 4 for their still flood-impacted communities

Fenchurch Avenue in Princeton after the flood of Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Three hundred homes were damaged by the flooding.
(Andrea DeMeer file photo)
The bridge on Maw Main FSR is washed out and other backcountry roads are unstable. (OKIB photos)

FLOOD WATCH: Westside roads unstable on Okanagan Indian Band

Maw Main bridge washed out, OKIB asking people not to litter at sandbag stations

The bridge on Maw Main FSR is washed out and other backcountry roads are unstable. (OKIB photos)
The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo. Flood watches and warnings continue to persist in much of British Columbia’s Interior, but water levels appear to be receding at one of the hardest-hit communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sheila Olson

Waters recede in parts of flood-ravaged B.C. as half of province remains under threat

About half of B.C. remained under flood watch, warning or advisory on Sunday

The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo. Flood watches and warnings continue to persist in much of British Columbia’s Interior, but water levels appear to be receding at one of the hardest-hit communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sheila Olson
The thawing of the spring freshet has led to an exceedingly high creek, creating a perilous situation with the train tracks north of Vernon near Stickle Road (Jennifer Smith-Morning Star photo).

Rising creek levels cause concern for train tracks in Vernon

Transport Canada is “monitoring the situation for potential impacts to rail safety operations”

The thawing of the spring freshet has led to an exceedingly high creek, creating a perilous situation with the train tracks north of Vernon near Stickle Road (Jennifer Smith-Morning Star photo).
Bessette Creek has caused erosion behind the Twin Creeks Motel parking lot. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Flood watch: Lumby residents urged to exercise caution

Village has released guidelines on how to be safe, especially near creeks and streams

Bessette Creek has caused erosion behind the Twin Creeks Motel parking lot. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
Crews are working to make sure Whiteman’s Creek doesn’t flow over the bridge on the Westside Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Crews working to prevent water from flooding over Whiteman’s Creek bridge on Westside

‘The Creek is filled with silt and water may overtop the bridge,’ the OKIB said Saturday afternoon

Crews are working to make sure Whiteman’s Creek doesn’t flow over the bridge on the Westside Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
(OKIB photo)

More creeks rising on Westside as rain heightens flood risk

The OKIB is hoping to complete log jam removal at Whiteman’s Creek bridge before heavy rainfall arrives

(OKIB photo)
A truck passes over the old Salmon River Bridge in Salmon Arm on Wednesday afternoon, May 3. The river is included the BC River Forecast Centre’s Flood Watch for the Southern Interior. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Sandbags available as Salmon River on Flood Watch, rain in forecast for North Okanagan-Shuswap

Rain in the forecast for the weekend, Salmon Arm, Sicamous on High Streamflow Advisory

A truck passes over the old Salmon River Bridge in Salmon Arm on Wednesday afternoon, May 3. The river is included the BC River Forecast Centre’s Flood Watch for the Southern Interior. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
The Township of Spallumcheen and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District are urging residents to be aware of the potential for spring flooding Friday, May 5, 2023. (Black Press file photo)

Spallumcheen, Falkland on flood watch

The township, CSRD, have advice for residents as flood season swiftly arrives

The Township of Spallumcheen and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District are urging residents to be aware of the potential for spring flooding Friday, May 5, 2023. (Black Press file photo)
People hard at work sandbagging to prevent more flooding at Parker Cove Friday, May 5, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Flood destruction leaves homes uninhabitable on Okanagan Indian Band

Locals appreciate the community coming together to help sandbag

People hard at work sandbagging to prevent more flooding at Parker Cove Friday, May 5, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
More properties (marked in red) at Parkers Cove are being asked to evacuate. (OKIB)
More properties (marked in red) at Parkers Cove are being asked to evacuate. (OKIB)
Water levels are rising throughout Lumby, and residents are urged to protect their properties. (Kyla Hamilton/Facebook 2017 photo)

Rising rivers, creeks leave Lumby on flood watch

Village reminding residents in low-lying areas to prepare for rising water

Water levels are rising throughout Lumby, and residents are urged to protect their properties. (Kyla Hamilton/Facebook 2017 photo)
Hundreds of volunteers have spent hours sandbagging to protect Westside properties from flood damage. (Contributed)

Volunteers sandbag for hours to protect Westside as further evacuations ordered

‘Westside truly is the best side,’ resident thanks all those lending a hand

Hundreds of volunteers have spent hours sandbagging to protect Westside properties from flood damage. (Contributed)
The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo, is maintaining a state of local emergency due to flooding.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sheila Olson *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Interior communities brace for weekend rain as floods forecasted in Okanagan

Multiple communities struggle with flooding, or bracing for what’s to come

The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo, is maintaining a state of local emergency due to flooding.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sheila Olson *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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)
Whiteman’s Creek flooding has forced an evacuation order in Parker Cove.

UPDATE: Westside bridge single lane as flood waters rise on Okanagan Band

Residents watch water surround their homes after Okanagan Indian Band issued order Tuesday morning

Whiteman’s Creek flooding has forced an evacuation order in Parker Cove.
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.