It may be Canada's only desert town, but that's not stopping floodwaters from inundating Osoyoos. Osoyoos resident Stephen Tye says he is grateful for the volunteers and forest workers who are bagging sand. (Brady Strachan/CBC)"As of May 1, the Okanagan Basin snowpack reached 206 per cent of normal," the International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control said in a statement. The news release noted the highest water level recorded on the lake since regulation began was 917.11 feet (280 metres) in June of 1972. "The maximum water level that will be reached on Osoyoos Lake during the 2018 freshet is difficult to predict due to its dependence on changing weather conditions and resulting rates of snowmelt," said the statement.

Source: CBC News May 11, 2018 22:52 UTC