Mountain communities feeling impact of heavy rain

Añadido: 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]Now, the mountain communities are also feeling the heavy impact of the wet weather. Tyler Barrow is in Banff, where residents have been drenched. So, Tyler, what have you seen?

[00:00:11]>> Tara, the melting snowpack along with heavy rainfall has caused flooding concerns here. One playground and several trails are closed, but the area is not under a flood watch by the province. Meanwhile, downstream in Canmore, it's puddle central, while some basements are flooded.

[00:00:29]Throughout the town site of Banff, the wet weather has taken its toll. Trails along the Bow River are closed. A playground area has been flooded and is temporarily taped off.

[00:00:39]Bow Falls are thundering with the increased precipitation coupled with the melted snowpack. Seen here, Cascade Mountain has two waterfalls flowing.

[00:00:47]Normally, it's just one. The area did recently receive more snow at higher elevations, which is good.

[00:00:54]>> The snowpack's acted like a giant sponge and held a lot of that rain back. Colder snow building up on top of that melted snowpack. So, that's pretty well stopped snow melt in its tracks.

[00:01:04]>> The town is not under a provincial flood watch. For these visitors from Virginia, the weather is a letdown.

[00:01:11]>> We weren't expecting a terrain like every day. We were expecting sunny weather.

[00:01:15]>> But the Brits aren't bitter.

[00:01:17]>> You put up with the dreary weather because you're used to it.

[00:01:19]>> It's um it's quite pleasant, actually.

[00:01:22]This is This is the same stuff we get in >> In Canmore, it is puddle palooza.

[00:01:28]Throughout the town, water is spilling onto streets. For a municipality that experienced disastrous flooding back in 2013, this is nothing like it.

[00:01:37]>> 2013, it was a really heavy and intense rainfall. Um the rainfall here started off pretty light. This morning was probably the worst of it.

[00:01:45]>> But the 10 to 20 mm a day enough to flood basements. This one was flooded on Friday. Tenant Keaton's Garrison is using a sub pump to get it out.

[00:01:54]>> Definitely stressful, especially with like the electricity going and just sometimes like things coming up and not knowing exactly what to do right away.

[00:02:02]>> The flooding has forced the three sisters campground to close temporarily.

[00:02:06]Tyler Barrow, CTV News, Kamloops.