A portion of Highway 16 will be closed all of Wednesday night and could remain that way well into Thursday morning. DriveBC says the avalanche risk has forced the closure of more than 90 kilometres of road beginning 13 kilometres east of Prince Rupert and ending 35 kilometres west of Terrace. REMINDER - #BCHwy16 Closed 35km West of #TerraceBC to 13km East of #PrinceRupert due to high avalanche hazard. https://t.co/G3qRLRXV9E — @DriveBCThe highway information service is also warning drivers on Highway 16 from Prince George to Smithers about low visibility conditions due to snowfall. Environment Canada had winter storm and snowfall warnings in effect Wednesday evening for vast swaths of B.C.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2018 03:14 UTC