Environment Canada drops heat warnings for most regions

Another hot day is unfolding across much of southern B-C, but Environment Canada has dropped heat warnings for all but the Fraser Canyon and Kootenay Lake regions.

Temperatures above 35 degrees, with nighttime lows not falling below 18, will continue there for at least another day but the weather office is calling for slightly cooler conditions tonight.

It's still set to be a scorcher for many areas with the mercury nudging the mid-30s in the Kamloops, Kelowna, Cranbrook and Trail areas.

There's also the risk of more thunderstorms across southeastern B-C where the wildfire service rates wildfire danger at high to extreme, and severe thunderstorm watches are also posted for the northeast corner of the province but the fire danger is much lower there.