The province says there is an imminent risk of flooding on the Bonaparte River.

It has issued a flood warning, saying it was flowing at 67 metres per second at 5:30 p.m. and that the flow rate could increase by another 11 m/s by Sunday morning, and could continue to rise after that.

The sudden rise is being attributed to heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday, and a “delayed response” of water flowing into the headwaters.

The Bonaparte River had reached its peak during the spring snow melt on May 22nd, and nearly 200 properties in Cache Creek were put on evacuation alert as a result.

As of 11 a.m. today, there are about 175 properties in Cache Creek are on evacuation alert.

The BC River Forecast Centre explains that a flood warning means “that rivers have exceeded bankfull or will exceed bankfull imminently, and that flooding of areas adjacent to the rivers affected will result.”

Meantime, a lower-risk flood watch remains in place for the North and South Thompson rivers, for Shuswap Lake, the Shuswap River and the Adams River, for the Clearwater River, Blue River, for the Thompson River from Kamloops to Spences Bridge and for the Fraser River through the Fraser Canyon.

A high streamflow advisory is also in place for the Salmon River, and for the Thompson River south of Spences Bridge.

Editors Note: This story initially said there were no evacuation alerts in Cache Creek, but the village’s Emergency Operations Centre now says about 175 homes are on evacuation alert. This story also initially misstated measurements of the Bonaparte River discharge rate with rising water levels. It has now been corrected.