Severe thunderstorm warning for Kamloops, Okanagan

There's a possibility of severe thunderstorms rolling through several regions in the B.C. Interior today. Environment Canada issued an alert warning people in the Okanagan Valley, South Thompson, Nicola and Boundary to be aware of the possibility of torrential rain, high winds, and hail. Residents in Merritt, Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton, and nearby cities could be hit with dangerous weather. “Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors,” Environment Canada said in its alert. Kelowna and the rest of the Okanagan is expecting a cool, rainy start to the week, and gradually increasing temperatures that could hit a sunny 30 C over this coming weekend.  Kamloops is expecting similar weather with a wet start to the week and increasing temperatures eventually hitting 32 C on Saturday. Click here for more information. https://weather.gc.ca/index_e.html?layers=alert To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .