Updated 1:09 p.m.
Old Man Winter came charging through the proverbial door after a soggy Monday morning turned to snow across the Lower Mainland.
More than 170,000 B.C. Hydro customers across the province lost power during a snowstorm on Monday, Dec. 21.This included hundreds of customers across Agassiz-Harrison.
The largest disruption happened when a downed wire left 1,500 customers north of Else Road without power in Agassiz and virtually all of Harrison Hot Springs; it was restored about 19 hours after the snowstorm knocked it out.
In the earliest outage still being restored as of Tuesday morning when a tree fell across the wires, knocking out power for Hemlock Valley near Harrison Mills, which affects 703 customers.
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Further outages affected the 1500 block of Johnson Road and the 5600 block of Limbert Road and the 2900 block of Hot Springs Road; Limbert Road’s and Hot Springs Road’s outage causes are still under investigation, but as they went out mid Monday afternoon, it’s likely caused by the snowstorm as well.
Around 6 p.m. Monday, a tree fell across the wires between Chilliwack and the district of Kent, which B.C. Hydro restored before Tuesday afternoon; this outage affected 193 customers.
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An estimated 2,400 local customers in all were affected by the Monday snowstorm. As of publication, B.C. Hydro crews are working on restoring the biggest local problem areas.
More to come.
– With Files from Patrick Penner
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