British Columbia’s South Coast is weathering its first atmospheric river of the fall and the province’s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says residents should prepare for increased rainfall and the chance of flooding.
Rainfall warnings cover most of Vancouver Island, as well as the Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, Whistler and Metro Vancouver, with Environment Canada saying a weather system is pumping moisture from the subtropics directly at the B.C. coast.
Honestly it feels like every relatively large rain event they have called an atmospheric river since the first time the media used the term in the great flood of 2021.
It’s just another crutch phrase at this point.