The storm hit the Island hard last night leaving more than 2,000 people in Greater Victoria without power through the night and into this morning.
According to BC Hydro more than 7,600 people are without power in the south Island region, with nearly 4,000 of those on Salt Spring, Pender and Saturna Islands.
Power was restored to close to 2,000 people in Cordova Bar this morning.
2,800 customers on #PenderIsland and #SaturnaIsland are without power this morning. Crews will be sharing outage updates at this link: https://t.co/iXStVFtgmp pic.twitter.com/3NVCmLWfFZ
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
Crews are on-site working to restore power on Salt Spring Island, Sidney and north Saanich. More than 1,000 people were affected by the outage in Sidney and north Saanich with an additional 800 people on Salt Spring Island. According to BC Hydro power is expected to be restored by 6 p.m. tonight.
Crews are on-site working to restore power to 800 customers on #SaltSpring Island. They're hoping to have power restored by 6 p.m. Updates here: https://t.co/sMIdVraJIw pic.twitter.com/ArMbyYamZR
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 1,000 customers in #SidneyBC & #NorthSannich. They'll share updates here: https://t.co/2hNKrHzNNq pic.twitter.com/AtYERoU3Lo
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
Additional crews are en route to an outage in Cordova Bay that affected 1,900 people.
Crews will be heading to an outage affecting 1,900 customers in the #CordovaBay area. Updates here: https://t.co/RrI0iwFto6 pic.twitter.com/iaXUKBKrgT
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
As of 7 a.m. today BC Hydro tweeted 575 residents in Saanich, Langford and View Royal area without power. Crews have been asigned to all affected areas and are investigating.
We'll be investigating an outage to 575 customers in #Saanich #Langford #ViewRoyal area. Latest info on our mobile site once crews arrive: https://t.co/0986NzL6Sa pic.twitter.com/yvZbZ9PrFB
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
Crews were out at around midnight on Feb. 11 in the Qualicum Beach area, where most of the affected people were.
Crews will be heading to an outage affecting 2,000 customers in the #QualicumBeach area. They’ll share updates here: https://t.co/bjCMHF1L8q pic.twitter.com/Ja3KRunDTp
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
As of 11 p.m. last night 1,000 people were without power in Sidney and north Saanich.
Another 1,600 people in the Shawnigan Lake area experienced outages around the same time.
Crews will be arriving on-site shortly to an outage affecting 1,600 customers in the #ShawniganLake area. They'll share updates here: https://t.co/6lJhTb6QAW pic.twitter.com/P68EppoWxg
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
BC Hydro worked through the night yesterday to restore power to residents in the Salt Spring area that left 2,000 people without power.
Crews are continuing final #BCStorm repairs on #VancouverIsland and #Saltspring and are working through the night as conditions allow us to work safely. We'll continue to share outage updates as available: https://t.co/KOVmgjBDtn pic.twitter.com/EUam7JBv3O
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
Crews continue to work on #BCStorm restoration on the final outages on #SaltSpring and #VancouverIsland. Access has been very difficult; crews have been dealing with heavy snowfall and numerous fallen trees. Here’s a look and what they’re seeing in the field on #SaltSpringIsland. pic.twitter.com/74xVAzvavu
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 12, 2019
BC Hydro recommends an emergency kit to prepare for outages. Kits should include flashlights, extra batteries, a first air kit, bottled water, a corded telephone and non-perishable foods. For a complete list click here.
For more information on current outages click here.
To report an outage in your area click here.
Updates to follow…
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