30,000 customers still without power in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley
Last night’s storm that pounded Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley left more than 80,000 customers without power, but that number has since been reduced to around 30,000, according to BC Hydro.
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Power has been restored to another 1100 customers in #MissionBC. Total #LowerMainland customers affected are now just below 32,000.
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 18, 2015
They said in a tweet they’re bringing in crews from the interior of B.C. to restore power to the remaining households.
Additional crews are arriving early this morning from the interior of B.C. to support remaining restoration efforts in the #LowerMainland — BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 18, 2015
The majority of the remaining outages are concentrated in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Burnaby, Hope and North Vancouver. The North Shore experienced a massive power substation failure, resulting in an explosion of bright blue light visible from across the Burrard Inlet. As part of their investigation, BC Hydro is sending in aerial crews to source the damage that caused the explosion. [am2_see_also]
Helicopter ready, at first light will patrol ravine to source damage that caused Capilano substation outage affecting customers in #NorthVan — BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 18, 2015
As a result of the storm, all planned outages have been cancelled for the day.
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Winds as high as 120 km/hr were recorded in some parts of the South Coast. Wind speeds at YVR were consistently clocking in at 60 km/hr.
#bcstorm #windyday #ohshit #northvan A photo posted by @kylahoyle on
Tree branches scattered the road, power lines were down – it’s crazy out there today! A photo posted by Melissa Houser (@m.houserphotography) on