Power outages in B.C. after thunderstorm

Power outages in B.C. after thunderstorm


Thousands of British Columbians lost power after a storm brought wind and lightning to the southwestern region of the province overnight.

At the peak of the service disruption, BC Hydro says 20,000 customers were in the dark. At 7 a.m. on Sunday, BC Hydro’s website was reporting 8,762 customers affected, and by 10 a.m. that number dropped to 5,185.

At that time, most of the blackout was confined to Burnaby, but there were pockets throughout the Lower Mainland, the…
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Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-hydro-scrambling-to-restore-power-after-wind-and-lightning-storm-1.7005107