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CTV News
29-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for B.C. Interior
Lightning strikes in this file photo. ( A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for a swath of B.C.'s Southern Interior Thursday morning. The alert says conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorms to develop, which may produce strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain. Affected regions include all of the Okanagan, the Kootenays, Shuswap, Boundary and North Thompson. 'When thunder roars, go indoors! Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year,' the Environment Canada notice reads. 'Heavy rain can cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility.' The federal weather agency did not include an estimated time for the beginning or end of the thunderstorms.
CBC
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
39th annual Kootenay Children's Festival celebrated in Cranbrook
A long-running festival for children and families in the Kootenays saw an extra large turnout this year.
