“This is historic weather intensified by climate change,” Farnworth said, adding that the next weather system expected to hit the South Coast Tuesday could be the “most intense” since the initial atmospheric river to hit B.C.
By Sunday, the weekend storm had delivered between 35 and 60 mm of rain to most parts of B.C.’s South Coast, with upwards of 120 to 130 mm over the mountains and Vancouver Island, according to Ted White with the BC River Forecast Centre.
The Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, southern Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky region and Coldwater, Tulameen and Similkameen watersheds all remained under flood watches, while the centre added a new flood warning for the Coquihalla on Sunday.
“Rivers are rising rapidly throughout southwestern B.C., with dynamic conditions expected throughout Sunday,” White said.
“This system will bring significant flood risk to coastal areas, (the) Central Coast, South Coast and Vancouver Island on Tuesday and Wednesday,” White said
The next system, he said, was expected to initially make landfall on B.C.’s Central Coast before moving south
He said the scale of the danger depends on whether that storm moves through quickly or stalls over the already storm-battered South Coast
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