weather events have wreaked havoc in British Columbia this year.Within a matter of about four months, the province has gone from experiencing a record-setting heat wave with raging wildfires to heavy flooding, which has forced mass evacuations. ‘A parade of storms’: What’s behind all the downpours on the ‘wet coast’ this fall?
The dramatic shift in the weather system is unprecedented for Canada, experts say.“It’s extremely unusual,” said Anthony Farnell, Global News’s chief meteorologist.“I don’t remember ever seeing this in Canada, where you have those two extremes, from dry heat and then the fires and then over the same exact areas this record amount of rainfall.”From severe drought that kicked in at the end of June to the province’s.