The outage area in Rutland on Friday afternoon (Photo: ForticBC)

The outage area in Rutland on Friday afternoon (Photo: ForticBC)

Power knocked out for over 2,400 customers in Rutland

Power seems to be restored in Rutland, but outages continue throughout the Okanagan,

  • Oct. 25, 2019 12:00 a.m.

The heavy rain and winds have hit Kelowna.

FortisBC is reporting that power has been knocked out to 2,437 customers in the Rutland area just before 1 p.m.

Power had been previously knocked out throughout the North-Okanagan Shuswap and Thompson-Nicola areas earlier Friday morning with 35,000 outages in the area.

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The storm has also caused power outages in Surrey, Richmond and Coquitlam.

The Rutland outages have reportedly been restored.

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