News Releases
Foreshore Protective Measures to Stay in Place
June 17, 2017
Central Okanagan, B.C. – While many residents living away from the foreshore are now permitted to remove protective measures flood protection defences on both private and public property along the foreshore are expected to stay in place for an extended period of time due to high lake levels.…
Repositioning and removal of flood protection measures - News release #108
June 16, 2017
Central Okanagan, B.C. – While some properties are no longer at risk of flooding, Central Okanagan properties along the foreshore and adjacent to mouths of creeks continue to be of concern due to historical lake levels. Crews throughout the region will continue to assess and bolster flood…
Flood defences challenged again by gusty winds - News Release #107
June 15, 2017
Central Okanagan, B.C. – Flood protection defences across the Central Okanagan are expected to be in for another test by Mother Nature today. Southerly winds gusting to 60 kilometres an hour are in the forecast by Environment Canada.
Gusty winds and lake levels that are more than 70…
Gusty Winds - Evacuation Alert Rescinded News Release #106
June 14, 2017
Here we go again! Environment Canada forecasts south winds gusting to 40 kilometres an hour this afternoon and has issued a Special Weather Statement for tomorrow with sustained winds of 30 to 40 kilometres and gusts to 60.
With lakes at historically high levels, there’s the potential…
Planning for Sand and Sandbags, Recovery News Release #105
June 14, 2017
As of 5:25 a.m., Environment and Climate Change Canada reported Okanagan Lake at 343.218 metres above sea level, a drop of 1.9 centimetres from the 343.237 metre level measured yesterday morning. This morning the level of Kalamalka Lake was recorded at 392.408 metres, down 1.5 centimetres from the…
