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King tides can cause minor flooding in low-lying areas and — from the city's perspective — offer a potential view of what the region could look like amid sea level rise.

Vancouver and Delta are hoping for calm weather ahead of some of the highest tides of the year.

Some sections along False Creek and around David Lam Park in Yaletown are under water.

The seasonal "King Tide" has caused flooding in some areas of Metro Vancouver. It's also made for some dramatic photographs.

Between 10 and 25 millimetres of rain will still fall, depending on the region.

As Vancouver's coastal line is expected to be hit by the seasonal King Tide next week, the city's mayor says they are trying to work ahead by sandbagging areas expected to be hardest hit while working on a more permanent solution.

Some 30,000 sandbags line a stretch of low-lying waterfront land in Vancouver, placed by city workers in a bid to protect local homes from an anticipated king tide.

A new analysis of climate-change driven sea level rise suggests the Lower Mainland may be more susceptible to annual flooding than previously thought.

Here's a look at some of the more dramatic images around the region as a storm slammed into B.C.'s south coast.

On both of Canada's coasts, communities will have to accept being reshaped by rising sea levels due to climate change — unless they do something about it.

There are concerns that homes and businesses in low-lying areas could be flooded.

On a sunny autumn day at Vancouver's Locarno Beach, 45 city workers were preparing today for less idyllic weather.

Activist Melody Ma "...soon we might not even have our mountain backdrop anymore."

Expected winds caused BC Ferries to cancel many Tuesday morning sailings between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, but forecasters say winds should ease by afternoon.

Winds forecast for Monday could combine with the seasonal 'king tide' and create storm surges in some areas of the southwest.

Residents in Delta breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as their homes remained free of flooding, even as the public was warned to stay away from the shoreline.

A man from one of the lowest-lying countries on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he's a climate-change refugee.

Residents in Delta are bracing for another fierce lashing from Mother Nature. A combination of high wind and major waves is expected to hit the area later this morning.

Victoria and parts of Metro Vancouver are bracing for high winds, Friday.