A rock slide site at in the Fraser River is not likely to be impacted by flood concerns further north.

The BC River Forecast Centre has a flood watch in place for the Chilcotin River, which flows into the Fraser, after 100 millimetres of rain fell over several days.

But hydrologist Ashlee Jollymore tells NL News the Fraser River rock slide site is too far downstream, and she adds the worst of flood concerns in the Chilcotin have likely passed.

“Modelling and our forecasting into the future indicates that for the rest of the week, the river will continue to recede, albeit at a relatively slow rate. A large part of that has to do with there’s still some precipitation that’s forecast to happen within that watershed,” Jollymore says.

“We really haven’t seen how this kind of pulse of water has changed anything in terms of the channel itself for that rock slide. It’s in quite a remote area, so it’s a challenge to monitor it anyway, but we are engaged with monitoring the flows not only through that passage itself but also downstream.”

The Cariboo Regional District activated its emergency operations centre today to assist with flood-affected areas.

Officials say the Chilcotin rainfall has caused water flows to reach once-in-200-year levels.

(Photo: Kai Nagata)