Tag Archives: Weather
Drought conditions force Stage 4 watering restrictions for rural RDN communities
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo announced all RDN water service areas are under stage 4 watering restrictions as of Tuesday, Oct. 4.The highest level of restrictions applies to customers in...
Oct 04, 2022
More weather records broken for Nanaimo thanks to late summer heat wave
NANAIMO - It's official: August was the hottest August the Harbour City has ever seen.With an average daily temperature of 20.8 degrees, Nanaimo blew past our average of 18.2 degrees, with records goi...
Sep 02, 2022
Wet and windy La Niña bringing stormy skies to central Island this fall
NANAIMO - Make sure your snowboard is ready to ride, and your gumboots are leak-free as it's set to be a wet and wild fall on the Island.AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Anderson said a strengthening L...
Aug 25, 2022
All hands on deck for BC Ferries ahead of toasty August long weekend
NANAIMO - BC Ferries is preparing to move more than 400,000 passengers and nearly 140,000 vehicles this August long weekend.To ensure they are able to meet demand, they will be operating at maximum ca...
Jul 26, 2022
Slightly reduced gas prices across Nanaimo not expected to last
NANAIMO - While the prices at the pumps have slowly dropped since the Canada Day long weekend, don't expect it to last.Prices jumped to around 226.9 cents per litre back in May, with global demand, co...
Jul 13, 2022
RDN forms wildfire resiliency plan
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is giving its residents more tools to help prevent the spread of wildfires. The RDN recently completed their new Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (CW...
Jul 06, 2022
London Recruits Justin and Sigourney Beaver To Save City
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It's been 400 years since beavers were hunted out of London, but with waters on the rise due to climate change, it's their time to shine once more - beginn...
Mar 25, 2022
The Kentucky Meat Shower Of 1876
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Strange rain has long fascinated humanity, and people have written a lot about it over the years. For example, in June 2009, residents of Japan's Ishikawa ...
Mar 10, 2022
Freezing Florida Temps Knock Iguanas From Trees
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Tourists flocking to Florida in search of a reprieve from last weekend’s bombogenesis storm in the Northeast (and regular old winter in the Midwest) ...
Feb 04, 2022
Rare Phenomenon Makes It Rain Fish On Texas
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! After a year full of strange weather patterns with destructive wildfires blazing along the West Coast, tornadoes ripping through the East, and Texas actual...
Jan 07, 2022