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.
RELATED: Wind warning in effect for Greater Victoria
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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