Southern B.C. faces messy roads, localized flooding with heavy rain, melting snow

VANCOUVER — Part of southern British Columbia is facing a two-day weather system that’s expected to bring heavy rain and snowmelt due to rising freezing levels, resulting in potentially messy driving conditions and localized flooding.
Environment Canada says the latest advisory is for the West Kootenay region including Nelson, Castlegar and Trail, where wet snow and rain is expected to last into Monday as the freezing level, or height at which snow melts,rises to 2,000 metres.
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