Vancouver Sun, September 5, 2008 - “A warmer climate makes B.C. more accommodating for once-exotic diseases, pushing health authorities to extraordinary measures to protect the public. There are more frequent civil emergencies brought on by extreme weather events such as wind, snow and rainstorms, power outages and flooding. Warmer year-round average temperatures accommodate mosquitoes and ticks that spread diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and Lyme disease.  Disease-carrying rodents are more common, and there is greater risk of food-borne disease and contamination of water due to sustained warmer temperatures that support bacterial growth.” Read more.