{"id":807171,"date":"2026-07-17T05:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807171\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:06:11","slug":"b-c-s-southern-interior-remains-most-drought-stricken-part-of-the-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807171\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C.\u2019s southern interior remains most drought stricken part of the province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/335c9fe0-9709-4f87-8a4a-2816dc721f73-1.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)<\/p>\n<p>By Elora McCormack<\/p>\n<p>Drought Conditions<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 16, 2026 | 11:07 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>KAMLOOPS \u2014 Drought conditions in B.C. have continued to intensify in recent months, with <a href=\"https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2026\/07\/03\/kamloops-wettest-month-of-the-year-brings-one-third-of-average-precipitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">June being another abnormally dry month<\/a> for the Kamloops region, further elevating wildfire risks.<\/p>\n<p>Agri-climate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Trevor Hadwen said the province saw intensified drought conditions, particularly in the south.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe largest change in drought conditions were recorded in British Columbia, well-above normal temperatures, well-below-normal precipitation, poor winter snowpack, as well as low streamflow and water supplies have resulted in drought expansion through large portions of the province,\u201d said Hadwen.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis includes the addition of two extreme drought regions, one centered in the southern interior, the second centered in the central interior around Vanderhoof.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: CFJC File Photo) By Elora McCormack Drought Conditions Jul 16, 2026 | 11:07 AM KAMLOOPS \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-807171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}