BC Hydro is working to restore power to almost 8,000 on southern Vancouver Island as power outages hit amidst an ongoing wind warning.
While southeast winds hit 70 km/h Saturday, gusting to 90 for areas near the water, the list of outages grows on BC Hydro’s website.
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As of noon Saturday, Colwood, Langford, Metchosin, Highlands, Saanich, View Royal, North Saanich and Sidney all had pockets of customers affected.
To see the latest outage updates see BC Hydro website bchydro.com/power-outages/app/outage-map.html
An outage is affecting 1200 customers near #Saanich #SidneyBC. Latest info will be on our mobile site: https://t.co/f6ks7329ah pic.twitter.com/Y5eClQhXFt
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 6, 2019
Crews will be responding to an outage affecting 575 customers in the #ViewRoyal area. After they arrive we’ll have updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/sG1eqgZ9UH pic.twitter.com/fqRVFh7RYP
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 6, 2019
We’ll be responding to an outage affecting 700 customers in the #Metchosin area. Latest updates on our mobile site as available: https://t.co/PJE41Gnq3N pic.twitter.com/gG0UnDnlCF
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 6, 2019
An outage is affecting 1600 customers in #Colwood #Langford area and crews will be responding. Updates: https://t.co/FyOQg7WXHd pic.twitter.com/r55P8cq8sf
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 6, 2019
Crews will be responding to an outage affecting 500 customers in #Colwood. We’ll have the latest updates on our mobile site: https://t.co/5cYZ8NaK4L pic.twitter.com/hj2xkv8TL0
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 6, 2019
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