Mountain snowpacks that act as slow-melting water reservoirs and help feed drinking-water supplies, wells and rivers through the spring and summer are getting dangerously thin in British Columbia.
The ongoing drought in many parts of B.C. is causing some rivers in the province's northern Interior to reach their driest mid-October levels in years. In Prince George, the unusually low waters have locals worried.
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The greatest risk of flooding was due to the delayed melting of frozen waters in British Columbia, which has the potential to simultaneously thaw sooner or later.