Approximately 100,000 BC Hydro customers are without power around Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, and the Lower Mainland after a storm Monday.
The biggest outages are in Surrey and Coquitlam, where combined tens of thousands are affected. Homes and businesses are also off the grid elsewhere in White Rock, Langley, Maple Ridge, and Abbotsford.
A special weather statement was in effect for much of Southern B.C., including much of Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Multiple traffic incidents and power outages began causing chaos across the Lower Mainland as a “potent” storm that Environment and Climate Change Canada warned of rolled through the region.
BC Hydro says all available crews and contractor crews are responding to the widespread outages.
“Strong winds and heavy rain have left about 100,000 customers in the #LowerMainland, #SunshineCoast, #VancouverIsland & the #GulfIslands without power,” the electric utility said in an update around noon Monday.
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