B.C. announces extreme heat emergency alert system

B.C. announces extreme heat emergency alert system

New warnings will be coming to people across the province when temperatures soar. BC's adding heat waves and heat domes to the alert ready system - so text alerts will come like they do now for amber alerts.

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