'Every drop counts': B.C. prepares for impacts of ongoing drought

The province is entering "unfamiliar territory," as a warm, dry spring gives way to a hot May, warns B.C.'s River Forecast Centre.

'Every drop counts': B.C. prepares for impacts of ongoing drought
Side-by-side handout images, shown in infrared, taken by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite show the Quesnel River as it meets the Fraser River in Quesnel, B.C., in May 2023, left, compared with May 2024.

The province is entering "unfamiliar territory," as a warm, dry spring gives way to a hot May, warns B.C.'s River Forecast Centre.