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Flooding

Information on how our Highways Department and maintenance contractors work to keep our roads safe during floods and freshet season, monitoring conditions, informing the public and repairing any damage.

BC Flood

Flood Management: Our Role in Keeping Floodwaters at Bay

May 10, 2022May 25, 2012 2 Comments

Spring Flowers, or is it Showers? Well, depending on where you live, spring showers don’t bring flowers, they bring freshet (rapid snowpack melt and overwhelmed stream channels) and sometimes flooding. Since rising water can also

Categories Emergency Events, Flooding
Drive smart during a flood

Drive Flood Smart: Find Higher Ground or Turn Around

November 13, 2020May 9, 2012 Leave a comment

If you’re Flood Smart you also drive smart – or you don’t drive at all. During a flooding situation, road closures can take place across BC and driving your vehicle can become increasingly hazardous. DriveBC’s

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From Saturated to Solid – Peace Roads Repaired for Winter

December 1, 2020January 9, 2012 Leave a comment

It was an epic rainstorm and a marathon recovery…but things have firmed up nicely in the Peace. After massive rainfalls damaged more than 140 roads in the Peace Region this summer, the highway system is

Categories Flooding
Fighting a Flood - Highway 20, One Year Later

Fighting a Flood: Highway 20, One Year Later

April 27, 2022October 13, 2011 Leave a comment

In September 2010 – Highway 20, between Tatla Lake and Bella Coola, was reopened after more than 200 millimetres of rain (a once in every 200 year event) fell over a 36-hour period, flooding the

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An excavator adds rock to the shoulder of a roadway to protect it from flood damage.

Resisting the Rising Waters – Flood Preparation and Response

November 3, 2020June 24, 2011 Leave a comment

In the past, we’ve chatted with you about what spring freshet is. But what happens on the ground when water levels start to rise? The River Forecast Centre monitors snow levels throughout the winter and,

Categories BC Travellers, Flooding

What is Freshet? Hint: It’s Not an Air Freshener

April 1, 2022May 11, 2011 8 Comments

So, what is freshet? While it sounds like it could be a brand of scented cleaner or facial tissue, freshet is the snow melt that typically occurs from April to July, in BC. Freshet can

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