The Fraser River experienced an increase in water levels in Prince George due to all the rain in our city.
Since Monday, the levels increased by three metres from 4.2 to 7.6.
However, Dave Campbell with the BC River Forecast Centre says the worst part should be behind us.
“We’re at the peak now so we are expecting to see things dropping. We had a high streamflow advisory out, we took that down just kind of recognizing that the water’s mostly past now and we’re not expecting to see any additional significant rises.”
He adds certain parts of the city didn’t quite reach their threshold.
“We start to see and I think it’s around nine metres at South Fort George where we start to get flooding impacts on areas in and around Paddlewheel Park and also some of the housing near the bridge, some low-lying areas there that are impacted by those flows.”
“Flows are definitely still quite high and I think the thing to really note is that it’s highly unusual to have flows like this at this time of the year. This is something we expect more in the spring when the snow is melting, so to have flows like we’re seeing right now through Prince George is something people should be cautious of,” added Campbell.
The last time Prince George experienced a major flood was in 2012.