PHOTOS: Grand Forks faces its worst flooding since 1948

About 2,500 residents in B.C.’s Kootenay Boundary region were forced from their homes today as floodwater continued to rise.

Evacuation orders were issued, instructing residents to leave the affected properties immediately with floodwaters posing "imminent danger to life and health" for many properties in Christina Lake, West Boundary and Grand Forks.

Click here for our main story on the Grand Forks and area flooding.

Check out footage sent to KelownaNow by Grand Forks Fire/Rescue:

Rising water levels show no signs of slowing down either, as forecasts for precipitation and warm temperatures at high elevations will accelerate snowmelt in the coming days.

Today, the Kettle River's water levels exceeded the record high levels seen in 1948, and officials say water levels are likely to continue rising through the remainder of the evening and overnight.

Grand Forks. Rivers have not peaked yet. 30cm above 200 year record based on Kettle River Ferry gauge in the US. Peak could last several days or more. Be safe and please don't drive through flooded areas. #freshet2018 #personalpreparedness #community pic.twitter.com/I4La6JlHzf

— RDKB Emergency Info (@RDKB_Emergency) May 11, 2018

In total, 1125 evacuation orders have been issued for the following municipalities:

• 380 in the City of Grand Forks
• 158 in the Carmi area
• 142 in the Christian Valley area
• 141 in the Beaverdell area
• 114 properties in the Christina Lake area
• 89 in the North Fork area
• 48 in Westbridge and north
• 35 properties in Midway

Evacuees are being told to make their way to the Emergency Social Services Reception Centres in Midway and Grand Forks.

For more information on the evacuation orders, click here.