Flooding 2017 News
Gallery: Sandbags tested
The high waters of Okanagan Lake continue to take a toll on the public waterfront in Penticton, at the nearby Red Wing Resorts and at the Penticton Yacht Club....
Work to shore up Poplar Pt.
Poplar Point Drive will be reduced to single-lane, alternating traffic for flood mitigation work on Thursday. Crews will be on site working to mitigate...
Perfect storm of events
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran is answering residents' questions about how the flooding situation came to be. Basran has already gone public in three videos...
New evac alert for Oyama
Another evacuation alert has been issued by the District of Lake Country because of localized flooding. The following three properties are affected by the...
Lake level holds steady
UPDATE: 11:40 a.m. A 1.7 km bladder dam will soon be installed in District of Peachland. The system will arrive today and will be installed over the next few...
Get that boat outta there
While boaters are being discouraged from Okanagan Lake, Peachland residents are up in arms after a boat owner launched from an area closed to traffic. Pictures...
SS Sicamous time-lapse
Security camera footage from the SS Sicamous in Penticton shows the drastic rise of Okanagan Lake during the last part of May. Terracom Systems supplies the...
Downtown faces flooding
Central Okanagan residents were warned last weekend to prepare for Okanagan Lake levels of 343.5 metres above sea level by mid-June, but a new map released by...
Basran addresses business
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran took to social media again on Tuesday, stressing that the city is still up and running. "Tourism has and will be affected by...
Keeping KGH dry
Kelowna General Hospital is in the clear from flooding – for now. The Okanagan Lake waterfront surrounding the hospital was a focal point for sandbagging...
Premier tours flooding
Premier Christy Clark is spending the day touring flooding along Okanagan Lake. Penticton MLA Dan Ashton said she spent the morning visiting impacted...
Water closes park tunnel
UPDATE: 11:30 a.m. The City of Kelowna has closed the City Park tunnel, path and roadway due to high water levels. The pathway along Hot Sands Beach and the...
Graph shows lake's climb
As Okanagan Lake continues to rise, we've added a new tool to illustrate the scope of the flooding crisis. Using Environment Canada data, our in-house tech...
2 million sandbags
Two million sandbags have been filled in the Central Okanagan Region – and there are plenty more to come. Sand is being purchased from gravel pits far and...
Across lake swim still a go
Despite a high lake level and lakefront flooding, organizers of the Across The Lake Swim say the event is still a go. The 69th annual swim, which takes...
Lake peak raised
UPDATE 2:05 p.m. The Emergency Operations Centre now estimates approximately 30 per cent of the snowpack remains at higher elevations. That's down from 50...
Waves crash over barriers
Strong winds pushed water up and over flood barriers at Rotary Beach in Kelowna Sunday evening. Waves could be seen crashing over sand-filled Gabion barriers,...
Don't be a flood gawker
The District of Summerland is asking people that don’t live in neighbourhoods impacted by flooding to avoid the areas. “There is an...
Fighting 'a mighty beast'
The Penticton Fire Department and B.C. Wildfire crews have laid about 100,000 sandbags in the past few weeks, protecting the waterfront along Okanagan Lake and...
Yearly comparison unfair
Castanet readers are taking issue with the pace at which water has been released from Okanagan Lake this year. In particular, the timing of when the release of...