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Storm knocks out power for over 100,000 homes across B.C.'s Lower Mainland
A cold front with winds gusting up to 100 km/h caused tree damage and infrastructure failures, leaving over 100,000 BC Hydro customers without power across the South Coast.
- On Dec. 17, BC Hydro reported more than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power Wednesday morning as a windstorm battered the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.
- Environment Canada said a vigorous cold front produced strong southwesterly winds funnelling up the region with gusts up to 100 km/h in parts of the Fraser Valley, while drought-weakened trees were more likely to fall and cause outages.
- Surrey reported 9,354 customers out, six outages on Surrey-Langley border affected 11,947, Abbotsford has two outages impacting 5,646 customers, and Delta's largest outage hit 1,535 customers.
- BC Hydro said a full complement of crews and contractor crews from about 55 offices are working around the clock, prioritizing downed power lines for public and crew safety.
- 1130 NewsRadio meteorologist Michael Kuss said the worst storm is over and winds are backing off, though yellow wind and rainfall warnings remain for parts of the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver.
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Storm knocks out power to more than 100,000 on B.C.’s South Coast
A powerful windstorm paired with heavy rain is sweeping across British Columbia’s South Coast, leaving about 120,000 hydro customers without electricity — with the heaviest impacts concentrated in the Lower Mainland.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Left
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C 33%
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