Yellow Weather Alert Update

The Yellow weather notification sent for British Columbia earlier this week has been updated. A ridge of high pressure will strengthen early next week. It will bring an extended period of hot and dry weather. Next week’s heat is not expected to be as extreme as June 2021; however, it still poses a risk of heat related illness. The areas most likely to reach Heat Warning criteria early next week are the Central and Southwestern Interior, Peace region, South Coast (including Vancouver Island), and inland sections of the North and Central Coasts. In addition to the risk of heat related illness, fire danger will gradually increase in response to prolonged heat and dry conditions.

We have asked Emcon highways maintenance to try to get a final mowing of the roadside  edges before this heat wave but have not yet heard back.  However, while we wait and are still in MODERATE for the next few days, if you are able to mow or weed whack your property frontage along the road, this greatly assists with the safety of our summer pedestrians and also lowers the risk of grass fires from tossed cigarette butts. 

Thanks! 

TIVFD