Environment Canada has issued wind warnings and special weather statements for parts of British Columbia, where heavy rain and strong gusts are expected after weekend outages and evacuations.
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Another series of storm conditions is expected to move toward British Columbia after wild weather over the weekend knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and prompted some evacuations, Environment Canada said.
The agency has issued about two dozen wind warnings and special weather statements, predicting heavy rain across the province’s southern and central coasts over the next few days, with the worst weather expected Tuesday to Thursday.
Forecasters said the storms could bring gusts up to 110 kilometres an hour in Haida Gwaii and on North Vancouver Island, where conditions are arriving after several low-pressure systems have already drenched the region.
BC Hydro said the weekend storm knocked out power to about 415,000 customers since Friday, though by Monday morning only about 6,000 remained without power. Winds reached 116 kilometres an hour on Herbert Island off northern Vancouver Island, and Victoria’s airport recorded gusts of 96 kilometres an hour.
In Surrey, a driver died Saturday after a tree fell on two vehicles. The Ma’amtagila Nation also reported that a man who went to sea on Friday in a canoe is missing in waters off northern Vancouver Island; the nation said the vessel was found capsized, while Environment Canada said nearby waters saw gusts reach 88 kilometres an hour that day.
Environment Canada said an evacuation order for about 30 properties was issued for the village of Zeballos on northwest Vancouver Island in response to the ongoing heavy rain.
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