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United States: Wildfire threat only going to get worse, says premier
Posted by Daily Courier: None Given on July 19th, 2014
Daily Courier: Climate change is drying out B.C.’s Interior and the province has to prepare for what’s likely a drier future, Premier Christy Clark said Friday in West Kelowna. Within sight of the wispy clouds of smoke rising from the Smith Creek fire, Clark told reporters this year’s fire season started far earlier than usual and she expects a greater threat of wildfires in the coming years. “I don’t anticipate, given the realities of climate change and the drying climate here in B.C., that we’re going to see...
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Weather forecast: worse and worse
Posted by Daily Courier: None Given on September 7th, 2013
Daily Courier: Global warming has a wet side with more intense and destructive rainstorms likely around the world unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed, delegates to an Okanagan water conference heard Friday. Widespread flooding that devastates communities and imperils agriculture are often the result of a meandering jet stream, guest speaker Bob Sandford told people attending the annual general meeting of the Okanagan Basin Water Board. The jet stream's movements are less predictable than ever, Sandford said,...