Evidence of the climate crisis is impossible to ignore on the Sunshine Coast, where the grass has turned yellow and brittle, streams have run dry and kids are still going to school dressed in shorts and T-shirts
After three months without rain, amid the unrelenting drought hitting much of British Columbia, Mel Sylvestre says her fields are dry as dust.
“I don’t believe in God that way, but it’s hard not to look at the sky and wonder: Are we being punished?” Ms. Sylvestre said.Remko Rosenboom, the district’s general manager of infrastructure services, said the coast’s primary water source, Chapman Lake, has almost dried up. The district is pulling water from another alpine lake, but levels there are also at record lows.
“The priority is ensuring enough water for hospitals, long-term care facilities, firefighting,” he said.
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