Residents and local governments in the Okanagan and surrounding region are getting ready for the threat of flooding as temperatures climb and the snow melts.

Following a weekend that saw more areas in Alberta put under a high streamflow advisory and a helicopter used to airlift some campers away from where river waters were rising dangerously high, the manager for Alberta's river forecast team spoke out about the situation on Monday.

Heavy rain in northwest Alberta triggered rainfall warnings and high stream flow advisories for parts of Alberta Tuesday.