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A cloudy, chilly Friday awaits to end the week with highs only in the teens in the metro. Snow chances remain - very slight here in the metro, but another 1-2" could fall Friday up north. Good news: a stretch of 40s are expected next week! - D.J. Kayser
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April 27, 2021 - 6:00 AM As the Thompson River continues to rise, the City of Kamloops is warning homeless campers along the river to find safer accommodations. The river has risen by about a metre over the last month and threatens people living in designated locations for temporary encampments. Glen Hilke with The Loop says outreach groups like his are working to "nudge" homeless individuals to make use of shelters like the Memorial Arena facility. "I don't know if there will be enough beds, but the thing about shelters is it's a day-to-day experience," Hilke said, noting...
Right up to people's door steps. amazing pictures. the ice flow is about three feet high and at times was moving about a foot every 30 section seconds. a moving ice flow has damaged about a dozen residents in manitoba, canada. experts blame ice flows on strong winds and a spring melt. >> the city of detroit is seeing red. a dire new report from emergency manager kevin roy says the net cash position was negative $162 million and is expected to reach $382 million in less than two months. it will be used as a starting point to pay down its $15 billion debt. >> and barbara walters will retire next...
Themselves from the red river. the waters are near the highest levels ever recorded in history. the river appears to have crested. the only thing standing between many homes and a giant wall of water are piles of sandbags. janel klein is live in minnesota. if they didn't have the two and a half million sandbags they put together what sort of danger would they face? seems obvious, but it's an amazing number of bags. >> it is. it speaks to the hard work of the people here. and to their determination, but also to the experience they have had. this river has flooded in the past. it's notorious for...