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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Severe drought torments british columbia a year after devastating floods - The Untold Story

Parched conditions in Kamloops in British Columbia. Eight communities have entered a level 5 drought.
Parched conditions in Kamloops in British Columbia. Eight communities have entered a level 5 drought. Photograph: James Smith/Alamy

Nearly a year ago, flood waters inundated swaths of south-western British Columbia. Mudslides destroyed sections of highways and swollen, turbid rivers washed away houses and bridges.

Now, the region has the opposite problem: months of drought have begun to take a toll on what was once dubbed Canada’s “wet coast”.

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