High snowpacks increase risk of floods

Cooler spring temperatures have created a higher-than-normal snowpack throughout the province, increasing the risk of flooding in the next two months, according to a B.C. River Forecast Centre report.

There are higher-than-normal snow-packs along the entire length of the Fraser River, from the Fraser Valley to Prince George.

Snowpacks in the Upper Fraser in northern B.C. are at record levels, noted the report, based on April 1 snowpack levels.

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