Up to 150 mm of rain to drench B.C.'s South Coast this Easter weekend

B.C.’s South Coast is going to get drenched this Easter weekend, Environment Canada says. 

A special weather statement says between 30 and 150 millimetres of rain is expected between Friday and Sunday evening and, combined with melting snow, it might lead to flooding in low-lying areas. 

Wind warnings are also in effect along the Sunshine Coast and in Haida Gwaii. 

Environment Canada meteorologist Johnson Zhong says two systems will move over the coast this weekend. 

The first system will hit Vancouver Island on Friday evening and will reach the North Shore on Saturday morning, bringing 15-35 millimetres of rain.

This will be followed by an atmospheric river that will settle in on Saturday evening, bringing

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