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Storm Hits B.C. With Snow, Freezing Rain, Causes Some Traffic Problems

The Canadian Press, 04 Jan, 2015 02:50 PM

VANCOUVER — Snow and freezing rain dumped on British Columbia by a passing Pacific storm are causing problems for some motorists.

Environment Canada has issued 24 winter-storm and one snowfall warning for areas between inland Vancouver Island in the west, Kootenay Lake in the east, the Cariboo in central B.C. and the North Coast.

The storm has brought wet snow to higher elevations in Metro Vancouver, as well as the Fraser Valley, and is expected to dump more than 50 millimetres of rain on the region through Monday.

Environment Canada says as much as 35 centimetres of snow is expected to fall on the Okanagan.

The Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC website is warning of slush and slippery roads across the province and advises drivers that a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke would be closed on Monday for avalanche control.

Const. Mike Esson of the Revelstoke RCMP says some people have been driving too fast and going into ditches, and police responded to a few weather-related accidents in the morning.

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