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What's a 'water basin'? Why aren't watering restrictions more severe when my region is facing extreme drought conditions? CBC News spoke with a River Forecast Centre hydrologist to shed some light on the latest drought.

Urgent action is needed as high to extreme drought hits two-thirds of British Columbia’s rivers, says minister.

Provincial government working municipalities and First Nations to ramp up water restrictions for person use, and may bring in temporary orders that could affect industries

Kamloops received just one-third of the rain it usually sees in the month of June

The report by hydrologist Jonathan Boyd says most of B.C. has received rainfall over the past year between 40 per cent and 85 per cent of annual average precipitation.

‘Our forests are a growing, ticking timebomb—and the fuse is getting drier’

VANCOUVER — A report on drought conditions from British Columbia's River Forecast Centre says the combination of record heat in May followed by early snow melt and persistently low levels of precipitation has parched much of the province.

‘We need people to turn their minds to a conservation mindset’: minister

‘We need people to turn their minds to a conservation mindset’: minister

Urgent action is needed as high to extreme drought hits two-thirds of British Columbia’s rivers, says minister.