Crews worked to restore small pockets of power outages this morning after yet another fall windstorm.
The storm that hit southern British Columbia caused power outages for nearly 40,000 customers at its peak on Thursday.
The majority of the power outages were in south Surrey and the Fraser Valley, but there were pockets of affected areas throughout the Lower Mainland.
Over the course of the evening, BC Hydro were able to reduce the number of outages to just over 5,000.
While there were no reported injuries, one woman narrowly missed disaster.
“I was just kind of like really did this just happen,” said Olga Arthurs, standing next to her car that was destroyed by a falling tree in Coquitlam.
“I’m thinking to myself ‘Wow! I could’ve been sitting in that car.'”
Wind warnings posted earlier for the north and central coasts, Haida Gwaii, northern and eastern Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, were broadened to include western Vancouver Island.
In addition, BC Ferries cancelled all sailings between Tsawwassen and the Southern Gulf Islands for the evening. All Harbour Air flights were also cancelled.
Special weather statements now cover 23 regions of B.C., from Prince George, south through the Chilcotin and Cariboo, and east from Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound and Whistler, all the way to the Alberta boundary.
Forecasters warn up to 100 millimetres of rain could drench Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley and remnants of the storm, as well as the heavy rains, could linger into Friday.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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