Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta says flooding in the B.C. Interior town is already the worst he’s seen in 50 years, and he’s expecting even more trouble as blazing temperatures forecast this weekend hit the snowpack.
“The Bonaparte River was flowing at 100-year level yesterday, and there is still an awful lot of snow up in the hills and we are expecting 34-degree temperatures over the next couple of days,” Ranta said in an interview on Wednesday.The town is currently under a flood warning, with a state of local emergency extended until May 13.
The B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a flood warning for the lower Thompson region, which includes the Bonaparte River and Cache Creek area. Ranta said what was a five-minute journey from his office to the post office now took an hour to drive.There have been uplifting moments, such as when a traveller gave birth in her car as she waited in a traffic lineup to Kamloops a couple of days ago.
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