Autumn drought kills thousands of salmon as berries boom
, with little to no rainfall over the past five weeks, and the dry weather is only forecast to continue.
“In the near-term, we don’t see too much in particularly for Vancouver Island or the southwest of bc. this week is remaining warm, dry, temperatures above normal,” Alyssa Charbonneau, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, told CHEK News Tuesday. On south Vancouver Island, crops that typically would be finished are continuing to produce like never before.
“We’re still harvesting even our last strawberries and raspberries, it’s crazy!” said Dan Ponchet, owner of Dan’s Farm and Country Market in Central Saanich. “We’ve never had really berries go into October, they start to get mildew and rot, while this year they’ve been hanging in there pretty good.”Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
“The northwest southwest British Columbia gets a drought season that’s typically through maybe July or so to mid-September every year. One of the expectations is that will get longer and longer under climate change. Conversely when the storms hit they will be a bit more severe than they have been historically,” said Fleming.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bella Hadid Breaks the Internet at Coperni + More Paris Fashion WeekFrom Bella Hadid at Coperni to the mud-splattered runway at Balenciaga, the viral-moment list is long from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2023.
Read more »
Truck smashes into Nanoose Bay home, driver airlifted to hospitalNo one was inside the home when the truck went off the road about 1:55 p.m. Monday in the 2900-block of the Island Highway, about seven kilometres south of Parksville.
Read more »
What's the biggest municipal election issue in Ward 23 - Kanata South?Learn more about the candidates running in Ward 12 in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election
Read more »
What's the biggest municipal election issue in Ward 22 - Riverside South-Findlay Creek?Here\u0027s what the candidates had to say in our 2022 municipal election survey
Read more »
What's the biggest municipal election issue in Ward 19 - Orléans South-Navan?Learn more about the candidates running in Ward 19 in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election
Read more »