More than 63,000 B.C. Hydro customers were without electricity Sunday morning after a second windstorm hit the province this weekend.
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Thousands of people in British Columbia were still without power on Sunday after a second powerful windstorm blew off the Pacific Ocean.
As of Sunday morning, more than 63,000 B.C. Hydro customers were without electricity, with more than half of the outages in the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast.
B.C. Hydro said the hardest-hit areas included Surrey, Duncan, Port Hardy and Prince George.
Wind warnings remained in effect for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast and all of Vancouver Island south of Seward.
Environment and Climate Change Canada also issued wind warnings for the Central Interior, including the Prince George, Stuart-Nechacko and Lakes district areas, where gusts of up to 90 km/h are possible.
Highway 10 was closed overnight between 180 and 184 Street in Surrey due to downed electrical wires, but it had reopened to one lane by Sunday.
After multiple sailing cancellations across several routes on Saturday, B.C. Ferries said Sunday that weather conditions had improved and that it was returning to its scheduled service.
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