Several homes evacuated following Kelowna landslide as flooding hits southern B.C.

Twohomes in the Kelowna area are under an evacuation order following a landslide Fridayas flooding washes through several partsofsouthern B.C.

The houses are on Lakeshore Roadat the south end of Okanagan Lake. Access to eightother homes on the same road has also been cut off by the slide.

A third houseat the centre of townon Ethel Street was orderedevacuated on Friday, but that order was lifted Saturday.

On Copeland Street, residents filled sandbags to try and keep the water at bay.

Environment Canada postedsevere thunderstorm watches for huge swaths of the province's central and southern Interior on Friday, where floods caused by rain were already raging.

Those warnings have now ended. An emergency reception centre has been set up at the Salvation Army onSutherland Avenue.

Another emergency operations centre has been set up forThompson-Nicolaregional district residentswho have been told to "evacuate immediately if in imminent danger."

Widespread issues

On Saturday morning, an evacuation alert remained in effect for 90properties intheFintryDelta area, south ofFintryProvincial Park onOkanaganLake.

The CentralOkanaganRegional District says residents of properties accessed byFintryDelta Road,MordenRoad and Shorts Roadshould be ready to leaveon short notice if conditionsworsen.

An evacuation order is also in place forFintryProvincial Park.

There are also warnings of imminent flooding with more rain from Mission Creek to East Kelownaand areas near Vernon B.C.

In Kamloops, Noble Creek has breached its banks near Westsyde Road andpublic works staff are holding back water from nearby homes with sandbags.

Kinder Morgan staff have taken precautionary measures, as their pipeline runs through this area, said Tammy Robertson with theKamloopsemergency operations centre.

Waterways flooding the Ramage Road area and the Barnhartvale area forced city crews to install piping and work overnight distributing sandbags.

Just outside the city, Rodeo Drive in the Cherry Creek areawas closed overnight by regional staff, who are working on getting information out about detours.

The Thompson-Nicola region (TNRD)emergency operations centre will be co-ordinatingrescues and supplying sandbags for residents hit by various creekfloods near Kamloops B.C., and other communities in the area.

Floods,pooling water

DriveBC issued numerous warnings about highway conditions for a large swath of southern B.C.

Numerous instances of pooling water or flooding are reported from as far north as Kamloops and as far south as Kelowna; and as far west as Cache Creek and as far east as Revelstoke.

DriveBC says highways 1, 5, 5A, 6, 8, 97, 97A, 97B, 97C and 97D are all experiencing flooding or pooling water as of 8:30 p.m. PT.

Mudslides also resulted several closures.

Boil water advisory

Users of the Lower SageMesa Water System northwest ofPentictonare advised to boil water due to high turbidity.

Residents ofSage Mesa Drive,LaderaPlace,Pine Hills Drive,SolanaCrescent andVeranoPlace are advised to boilall drinking, oralhygiene and cooking water for at least one minute.

Provincial officials are urging people to be cautious and follow these tips:

• Steer clear of river and lake shorelines.
• Recognize danger signs, such as change in water colour or rapid water level rise.
• Do not drive through flood water.
• Protect your home.