B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of 'dramatic drought conditions' – Winnipeg Free Press
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B.C.'s average snowpack is almost 40 per cent lower than normal, raising concerns about what Premier David Eby says are “some of the most dramatic drought conditions that have been seen in our lifetime.”
B.C.'s average snowpack is almost 40 per cent lower than normal, raising concerns about what Premier David Eby says are "some of the most dramatic drought conditions that have been seen in our lifetime."
Aaron Hill, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society in B.C., can't recall when he was so concerned about the snowpack levels in the province.
The province's latest snow bulletin says levels remain "very low" at 61 per cent of normal, compared to 79 per cent of normal this time last year.