A windstorm knocked out power to thousands of homes in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island on Monday afternoon. As of 3 p.m. PT, about 3,600 customers had lost power in Langley, Maple Ridge and Abbotsford, and another 4,200 were in the dark on Vancouver Island, according to BC Hydro spokesperson Mora Scott. "We have seen a number of trees and branches come down on our wires and in some cases we do have wires down," Scott told CBC. Fallen trees and power lines also closed a section of Highway 7 between Mission and Maple Ridge on Monday afternoon. REMINDER- #BCHwy7 Trees down between 240th St & 272nd St. CLOSED in both directions.

Source: CBC News September 07, 2020 23:44 UTC