Strong winds hit the B.C. South Coast on Friday afternoon, bringing power outages and ferry cancellations.
Peak wind gusts reached as high as 103km/h at Saturna Island by 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Tsawwassen had gusts up to 75 km/h and winds were as strong has 65 km/h at Vancouver International Airport.
WATCH: The Friday, April 7, 2017 5 p.m. weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
On Vancouver Island, winds were gusting up to 83 km/h off the coast of Victoria and 88 km/h at Tofino airport.
The weather caused BC Ferries to cancel all sailings between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island shortly after 2 p.m. Thousands of people also lost power, with BC Hydro reporting between over 20,000 customers were in the dark at around 8 p.m.
There is no word yet on when ferry service will resume.
In Surrey, a tree fell on a car outside a house in the 15000-block of 86 Ave. A young girl and her mother were trapped in the vehicle and had to be rescued by emergency crews. The child has been taken to hospital with minor injuries.
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WATCH: A tree fell on a car outside a of a Surrey home in the 15000-block of 86 Ave. A young girl and her mother were trapped in the vehicle and had to be rescued by emergency crews.
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