The lake level is up again.
Okanagan Lake is 1cm higher this morning than it was yesterday and emergency centre officials say it will most likely continue to rise for another 10 days or so.
Spokesperson Tom Wilson says the high level of the lake, conbined with strong winds yesterday, has caused some damage to flood barriers.
"Some of those gabion cages lost sand and are kind of rattling around now, so they need to be re-filled with sand. And some of those bladder dams also took a pounding," he said.
"So that's job number one today, is for the operations people to be out there having a look at what they need to repair."
TAG: Wilson says they have now increased the projected level the lake will reach before it starts to recede. That level is 343.5 metres above sea level.
The lake is currently at 343.236 metres.
With 50 per cent of the upper elevation snowpack still to melt, more re-inforcing of lake and stream front properties may be required and so an additional 200,000 sandbags arrived in the Central Okanagan yesterday, with another 500,000 coming tomorrow.
Wilson says that'll up the total to over two million sandbags.
"There's no spare bags leftover, we've ran out in some spots, so they've had to be constantly replenished. Everytime we order some, we think well, that ought to do it, but the lake keeps rising," he said.
"And if you factor in the winds there, it just adds an extra layer of sandbags that you need to get in place," he said.
Wilson adds that while frustration is understandable, it was the heavy rains in March, and not poor planning, that's lead to the current height of the lake.
"Before that, it was looking like a drought year, and then all of a sudden, it went from below normal to well above normal," he said.
"And at that point, you can only let so much out a day. It's 11 cm per week, is the maximum (that) I understand. So you're sort of in a situation where Mother Nature just sneaks up on you and does its thing."