British Columbia’s first heat warning of the year has been issued for the North Coast, where temperatures are expected to remain unseasonably high for several days.
The warning issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) comes amid a provincewide heatwave that has broken dozens of temperature records and is expected to peak for most of B.C. on Monday.
But the high temperatures are expected to last through Thursday on the North Coast, reaching 30 C in communities like Terrace and Kitimat, according to a release from ECCC.
“It’s very unseasonably hot weather for this time of the year,” said meteorologist Louis Kohanyi, who says it is unusual for heat warnings to be issued so
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