Weatherhood B.C.

Flying chunks of snow and ice can endanger others on the road, and net you a $173 fine, police say.

HONOLULU (AP) — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island grew to more than 250 feet (76.

VANCOUVER — This week's wintry blast of snow in Metro Vancouver will likely remain on the ground, with below-average temperatures forecasted well into next week.

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment.

The driver was going 12 km/h in a 50 zone in a car blanketed by snow.

The California wildfires are now considered contained, but 29 people were killed and as many as 19,000 homes and other buildings were destroyed since the fires started on Jan. 7.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pacific Coast Highway reopened Monday, nearly a month after it was closed when flames from the deadly Palisades Fire ripped through hillside Los Angeles neighborhoods, destroying properties all the way down to the beach .

VANCOUVER — A bitter cold spell sweeping over coastal and northern British Columbia has brought snow and wind chills around minus 50.

Heavy snow is still possible over the next 24 hours.

People are being asked by police to not use Highway 1 unless necessary.