Rivers Up ...Slightly

By 250 News

Debris  collecting around the CN Rail bridge  photo, (opinion250 staff)

Here is the latest information on the flood situation in Prince George and Terrace:

RIVER LEVELS

Fraser at South Ft George      9.802 @  8:00 a.m.

Skeena at Usk                        13.413 @ 8:00a..m.

FORECAST

Over the past 12 hours a system has produced light rains and showers over the Interior with 8-10mm in the Bulkley Valley, 4-10mm in the Cariboo, and 5-10mm in the Columbia area. The Upper Fraser (Prince George, McBride, Quesnel), Skeena (Terrace) and North Thompson (Kamloops, Blue River) received 1-3mm.

The system currently over the Bulkley Valley and lakes area from Burns Lake to Hazelton will produce another 5-10mm today, before moving eastward this afternoon. Freezing levels near Prince George and Williams Lake will drop from 10,000 ft to 8,000 ft this afternoon.

Temperatures remain at or below seasonal norms. The next system is forecast to move onto the south coast Saturday with 20-30mm of rain for the Lower Mainland; no other significant rainfall is forecast.

As of 10 p.m. June 5, 2007, the following communities had issued declaration of state of local emergency, evacuation alert or evacuation order.

STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
City of Prince George  June 4, 2007   Kitimat Stikine RD June 5, 2007
Squamish Lillooet RD  June 4, 2007  City of Terrace       June 5, 2007
Bulkley Nechako RD   June 5, 2007 Town of Smithers   June 5, 2007

EVACUATION ALERTS
City of Terrace      June 5  10 homes    Kitimat Stikine RD       June 5  260 homes
Maple Ridge          June 5  30 homes    City of Prince George  June 5  70
Township of Langley  June 5  305 homes Fraser Fort George RD  June 5  unreported
City of Chilliwack   June 5  40 homes

EVACUATION ORDER
City of Prince George   June 5, 2007      10 homes (Farrell Street)
Squamish Lillooet RD   June 4, 2007      1 home (Birkenhead River)
Bulkley Nechako RD   June 5, 2007      33 homes (Ebenezer Flats)
Town of Smithers         June 5, 2007      6 home (Fall Fairground area)
Whispering Pines/
Clinton First Nation      June 5, 2007      20 people (to Kamloops)
Shxwy’ow’amel reserve June 5, 2007      4 people (to Hope)
Kitimat Stikine RD        June 6, 2007      50 homes (Braun’s Island)

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