Are fires and floods the new normal for B.C.?

Insurance payouts for water damage attributed to extreme weather have been on the rise across the country since the 1980s, with flooding recently passing wildfires as the main driver of damage.
“We often talk about the future threat that climate change brings, but we should really be talking about the new weather reality that we face today,” said Aaron Sutherland, vice-president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, Pacific Region.
Payouts due to natural disasters have risen from just a