VANCOUVER — Thousands of customers are without power along B.C. BC Hydro says crews are working to restore electricity to the 65,000 customers that woke up to outages Sunday. High winds downed trees, causing damage to poles and wires across the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island. pic.twitter.com/PGjkmeYTDo — Pat Wong (@PatWong3) January 21, 2018DriveBC says parts of Highway 101 near Powell River are closed because of downed trees and powerlines on the road. Environment Canada has issued wind warnings, with gusts expected to reach speeds of 80 kilometres per hour.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2018 19:18 UTC