Roughly 300 residents of Parker Cove, on the northwest side of Okanagan Lake, were told Tuesday night they needed to leave their homes as soon as possible. Upstream log jams needed to be removed and, as Megan Turcato reports, officials worried that if something went wrong, residents would be in the direct impact zone.
Global News at 11 Okanagan
Log jam leads to evacuation in Parker Cove
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