WATCH: No sooner had the Lower Mainland cleaned up from Tuesday night’s windstorm — the heavens opened up and dumped as much as 45 millimeters of rain. Leigh Kjekstad reports.
VANCOUVER – Drivers, pedestrians and cyclists are being urged to use caution today due to heavy flooding in a number of areas around Metro Vancouver.
An intense storm system is moving across the region, bringing heavy rain.
This created havoc in a number of areas, especially due to all the leaves and debris on the roads from Tuesday night’s storm.
There are reports of flooding in Vancouver at Clark and 14th Ave, Glen and Broadway, Fraser and Marine and Hastings and Clark.
Flooding is also heavy in Port Moody, along parts of Highway 1, in Burnaby at Hastings and Willingdon and in parts of Richmond.
GALLERY:
A rainfall warnings in effect for the Fraser Valley including Chilliwack. Thirty-three mm of rain fell in Hope Wednesday night and an additional 15 to 25 mm of rain is expected today.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna due to the probability of snow.
WATCH: Raw video of the flooding around Metro Vancouver
Global BC’s Kate Gajdosik says as temperatures fall behind a departing front on Thursday night, rain could switch over to snow for the highway passes above 1,000 metres in elevation. Two to four cm is possible for the Coquihalla Highway and one to two cm for the Okanagan Connector near Pennask Summit. Precipitation will taper off late overnight or Friday morning, so significant accumulations are not expected with this early season snowfall.
The flooding is also affecting some bus routes and travellers are advised to check with Translink before heading out to see if their route is affected.
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