Parker Cove residents can finally go home, three weeks after they were forced from their home.
The Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) announced this morning that a trio of evacuation alerts issued in early May have now been rescinded.
Flooding in the area began on May 1 and the first evacuation alert was issued late that night, which was followed by three separate evacuation orders that week.
The local state of emergency issued on May 1 has now been rescinded as well.
“The OKIB EOC has put together a small re-entry info package to help residents,” explained a post from the OKIB.
“The package contains info on first re-entry steps, how to clean your home, where to dispose sandbags and more.”
Several homes in Parker Cove sustained significant damage when Whiteman’s Creek spilled its banks as a heat wave began in early May.
Sandy Harrison told KelownaNow at the time that the feeling of watching rushing water surround her home made her “totally sick.”
On May 16, the Government of BC announced that financial assistance would be available to residents impacted by flooding in the BC Interior this spring.
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