Power outages have been popping up across B.C. due to high winds and heavy rain, leaving thousands of customers without power between the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, and the Gulf Islands.
In a post on X, BC Hydro says crews will “work through the night to make repairs and restore power.”
Between the Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast, BC Hydro’s website shows 31,333 customers without power as of 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night.
Affected cities on the Lower Mainland include Abbotsford, Langley, Mission, Port Moody, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Surrey, Delta, Burnaby, Vancouver, North Vancouver, Maple Ridge, and West Vancouver.
In a statement to CityNews, a BC Hydro spokesperson primarily cites wind and heavy rain as causes.
On its website, BC Hydro further explains that several of these outages are a result of trees falling on power lines as a result of a wind storm.