{"id":114042,"date":"2025-08-02T22:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T22:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114042\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T22:09:18","slug":"environment-canada-issues-severe-thunderstorm-watches-amid-b-c-wildfire-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114042\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watches amid B.C. wildfire fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-byline__image\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"68\" width=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/author-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy \tThe Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted August 2, 2025 2:29 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued more than a dozen severe thunderstorm watches across British Columbia as the province continues to fight multiple wildfires.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Forecasters say conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that could produce strong winds, large hail and heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>The watches cover large swaths of the Interior, including the Okanagan, the Peace River region and Prince George.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Nelson is under a severe thunderstorm warning, as the weather office says meteorologists are tracking a storm capable of producing up to heavy rain and hail the size of nickels.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>More than 35,000 lightning strikes were recorded across B.C. between July 30 and 31, resulting in several new wildfire starts.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada lifted the heat warning that had been in place in B.C., but multiple regions are under special air quality statements due to smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0BC\u00a0Wildfire Service dashboard lists 146 active fires, including some that have resulted in evacuation orders and alerts.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Many Peachland residents returning 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