â–º Listen Live
â–º Listen Live
â–º Listen Live

Quesnel’s Director of Emergency Services monitoring high snowpack

It’s too early to determine if there is going to be flooding, but Quesnel’s Director of Emergency Services says they are monitoring the snowpack right now.

Ron Richert says the levels have definitely caught their attention.

“Definitely we’re up.  Our Quesnel basin we’re up about 13 percent, and then for the Upper Fraser basin we’re up about 21 percent this year.”

Richert says the snowpack could go higher.

“It’s still snowing up at the higher elevations.  We’re still getting, it was -7 the other night, it was -1 last (Thursday) night.”

Richert says obviously we won’t see any changes in the river levels until the warm weather arrives.

He says everything is weather dependent.

“What kind of temperatures we’re going to have over the next few months and whether we cool off at night, and what kind of temperatures we get during the day, and the period of time also, like how many consecutive days of warm, warm weather we’ll get.”

Richert says they will likely start having weekly meetings with Emergency Management BC within the next few weeks.

He says at that time they will start to take a closer look at things like weather patterns.

Something going on in the Cariboo you think people should know about?
Send us a news tip by emailing [email protected].

Continue Reading

ckbx Now playing play

cffm Now playing play

ckcq Now playing play

- Advertisement -

Related Articles

- Advertisement -

Latest News

Williams Lake City Council Supporting Pickleball While Looking for Court Location Ideas

The Williams Lake City Council will be looking into recommendations for locations to build a Pickleball court in the community. The Council reiterates its support to the Williams Lake Pickleball Club in finding a space for the Club to 'call a home."

Cariboo Regional District Board approves security fencing installation recommendation

Sections of the Cariboo Regional District's office in Williams Lake will look a little different in the near future.

100 Mile RCMP Investigating Mailbox Break-Ins

The 100 Mile House RCMP have received reports of mailboxes being broken into at the 4000 block of Telqua Drive near the 108 Mile Golf Resort. RCMP says Canada Post has been notified and is aware of the incidents that have been reported over the last few weeks.

The 2025 Quesnel Ambassadors Have Been Crowned

The 2025 Quesnel Ambassadors were crowned and announced in a ceremony on July 12th. The ceremony also thanked last year's Quesnel Ambassadors for their time representing Quesnel's Youth throughout the year.

B.C’s youth watchdog says more work needs to be done, one year after report on systemic failures

One year after a report by British Columbia's Child and Youth Representative on the horrific death of an Indigenous boy in care, the province is still working on an action plan for systemic changes to children and youth social services.
- Advertisement -