River levels and rain forecasts at 'unprecedented' lows in most of B.C.

Parts of the province are seeing unprecedented precipitation deficits and streamflow levels, according to the latest wildfire and drought update from the provincial government.

A majority of sites in the province are measuring an extremely low percentile of their usual levels.

“On the streamflow side of things, somewhere in the order of [a little less than] one-third of the stations across the province are at record-low flow,” River Forecast Centre head Dave Campbell told reporters at a news conference Thursday.

“We haven’t seen this kind of condition before in most of the province.”

There is rain in the forecast for some parts of northern B.C. this weekend, bringing the possibility of much-needed reprieve for

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