Drought

• BC Wildfire Service warns that fire season isn’t over yet

  Temperatures are about 5 to 8 degrees above normal for this time of year, and there’s been little to no rain in several parts of B.C. in weeks.

  Environment

  Oct 1
  
• Arid September for many communities across B.C.

  Victoria plus Abbotsford and Chilliwack had their driest Septembers ever, with those communities receiving less than one per cent of their normal monthly precipitation.

  Environment

  Sep 30
  
• Advertisement
• Most of B.C. is suffering conditions of drought, water scarcity, province says

  Much of the west coast, south coast and northeastern areas of B.C. have experienced very little to no rainfall over the past five weeks

  Environment

  Sep 29
• Advertisement
• Still feeling a lot like summer as temperature records fall across B.C.

  On Wednesday, we will see the ridge push out of the province with cloud cover and the chance of scattered showers along the coast and moving inland by the evening.

  Weather

  Sep 26
• Kelowna, B.C. bids adieu to fourth-hottest summer on the books

  Kelowna received 105.8 mm of rain in meteorological summer, which spans June, July and August, and that is 96 per cent of the normal amount.

  Weather

  Sep 23
• B.C. had one of the driest summers on record and the wildfire risk remains high

  The wildfire danger rating remains extreme in northeastern B.C., on the east side of Vancouver Island and in parts of the Fraser Valley and the Sunshine Coast.

  Weather

  Sep 19
• Extreme weather events could cost Canada $139 billion by 2050: report

  The report predicts manufacturing and distribution will take the biggest hit from water-related climate disasters between now and 2050.

  Environment

  Aug 29
• Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago revealed after severe drought in Texas

  The prints, found in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas, were located as widespread drought caused water to dry up completely in certain areas.

  Trending

  Aug 24
• Advertisement
• Southern Alberta farmers optimistic heading into harvest

  Despite the summer's high temperatures, southern Alberta farmers are pleased so far with their crop yields.

  Features

  Aug 16
• Advertisement
• ‘We need inches of rain to recover’: Alberta ranchers and farmers desperate for a downpour

  Alberta's heat wave and lack of rain is killing crops and farmland across parts of the province. The stress on ranchers and farmers desperate for rain is taking its toll.

  Environment

  Aug 15