Okanagan High Water

• Creekside residents in Lumby, B.C., under evacuation alert as water rises ‘rapidly’

  All residents of properties located directly on the Duteau, Bessette and Harris creeks must be prepared to leave at a moment's notice should high water pose a more significant threat.

  Weather

  May 7, 2020
  
• ‘Dramatic’ snowmelt in the Okanagan-Similkameen shifts flood focus

  The Okanagan snowpack is 126 per cent of normal and the Similkameen snowpack is 56 per cent of normal.

  May 24, 2018
  
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• Environment Canada warns rain will increase flood risk in the Okanagan

  The worst flooding Kelowna has ever seen is possible as Mission Creek reaches historic levels and Environment Canada issues a special weather statement.

  May 8, 2018
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• Lake Country braces for high water

  The District of Lake Country is doing flood mitigation and preparedness ahead of the high water season.

  Mar 29, 2018
• Twin Lakes residents prepare for potential flooding

  Twin Lakes residents prepare for possible flooding as snowpacks continue to grow.

  Mar 12, 2018
• West Kelowna spends millions on flood repairs

  West Kelowna was among the Okanagan communities hit hard by last year’s record breaking floods.

  Mar 2, 2018
• As snowpack rises, so do flood fears in the Okanagan

  The snowpack level in the Okanagan is 131 per cent of normal levels and the Similkameen is sitting at 135 per cent of normal.

  Feb 16, 2018
• Officials finalizing sandbag removal plan

  Three million sandbags have been dispersed across the Okanagan Valley in a mad scramble to fortify the shoreline from the rising Okanagan Lake, but there is no formal plan in place yet to remove them...

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2017