River levels in the Tri-Cities did not rise as high as expected over the weekend, but another pulse of water is expected to make its way through the Lower Mainland later this week.
Provincial officials have been concerned about flooding for the last 10 days, after heavy rain hit the Lower Mainland and rapid snow melt occurred in the B.C. interior.
Gord Voncina, Port Coquitlam's manager of operations, said so far, there has been no flooding in the area and water levels have been considerably lower than anticipated.
Water levels in PoCo hit 2.8 metres, significantly less than 5.5 metres that the dikes in the area can handle.
"It looks like the river levels have not risen quite to what they had expected," he said. "That is good news."
But the threat of flooding is still a concern for the Lower Mainland. According to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, another pulse of water is expected to hit the region in the coming days.
Currently, the Fraser River at Hope is flowing at 11,000 cubic metres per second, down from the peak of 11,900 measured on Friday.
That could change in the next five to six days, as water from the Thompson-Okanagan, where heavy snow melt has taken place, makes its way to the Lower Mainland.
More to come...
