Another blow for clean-up crews in southeastern B.C.; several more minor landslides swept through the region Tuesday.

This time they struck near Castlegar and Nelson, forcing the evacuation of at least three homes and closing Highway 3-A in two areas for a short time.

They’re being described as more minor in nature than two massive slides late last week; Thursday in Johnsons Landing and Sunday in Fairmont.

Heavy rain and a late snow melt are being blamed on the string of events that caused damage and brought tragedy to the region.

But there is good news; experts say there could be some relief on the way.

660News Meteorologist David Spence is calling for sunshine until at least Saturday, allowing the area to dry out a bit.  But he warns that won’t last.

“Early next week it looks like it will start to rain, providing a lot of rain to the Rocky Mountains from Vancouver to Calgary,” he says.

Spence is anticipating significant rainfall on Monday alone, estimating somewhere between 10 to 15 millimetres.

He says the region won’t clear until most of the snow melts and they’ve had two to three weeks of uninterrupted dry weather.

“The snow’s been very late in melting this year, we had such a cool spring,” Spence says. “And when you get that combined with the rain, that’s when you run into problems.”

He says tourists should only worry about the current affected areas, because most of the mountainsides are stable.

Spence suggests avoiding areas near the slides where there is currently snow or where there has been an impact by logging.