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Latest Weather News - Okanagan

• BC Hydro says power almost fully restored after B.C. windstorms

  BC Hydro reports it restored power to nearly all customers who have been without electricity since the bomb cyclone earlier this week.

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  Nov 23
• Wind and snowfall warnings in place as another storm heads for B.C.

  While this storm is not expected to be as strong as this week's bomb cyclone, BC Hydro is warning that some remote areas of Vancouver Island may be without power until Saturday.

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  Nov 22
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• B.C.’s ski and snowboard season gets underway with mountains opening

  B.C.'s ski season is getting underway with the help of some fresh snowfall. Skiers and boarders are hoping it will be a better season this year.

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  Nov 22
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• Underwater camera captures octopus clinging to rocks during bomb cyclone

  Ocean Networks Canada's camera set up in Folger Passage near Bamfield on Vancouver Island, captured a giant Pacific octopus trying to use all eight arms to cling to the rocks.

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  Nov 21
• Bomb cyclone photos: Storm hits Vancouver Island the hardest

  A major clean-up was underway across many parts of Vancouver Island on Wednesday after a powerful bomb cyclone battered the South Coast.

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  Nov 20
• Bomb cyclone slams B.C.: Highways closed, thousands without power, trees down

  As of 6:30 a.m., about 95,000 customers were without power.

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  Nov 20
• More than 100,000 without power as ‘bomb cyclone’ winds batter B.C.

  A powerful low-pressure centre has parked off the coast, and, with its pressure expected to continue falling, is forecast to generate intense easterly winds throughout Tuesday.

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  Nov 19
• Potential bomb cyclone, fall storm expected off Vancouver Island

  Environment Canada is warning about a "significant fall storm" expected from Tuesday to Wednesday morning with peak wind speeds expected on Tuesday night.

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  Nov 18
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• Whistler could get 1st significant snowfall of the season this weekend

  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Whistler, Pemberton and the Sea to Sky Highway from Squamish to Whistler.

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  Nov 15
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• Another B.C. storm leaves thousands without power

  At the height of the storm on Tuesday, about 30,000 BC Hydro customers were without power, mostly on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island.

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  Nov 13
• Rain and snow warnings, fog advisory issued for parts of B.C. on Monday

  Environment Canada warns that up to 70 mm of rain is expected to fall on Monday morning and into the early afternoon, especially on the North Shore mountains and in West Vancouver.

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  Nov 11
• Environment Canada warns of possible damage as ‘intense’ storm approaches B.C. coast

  Environment Canada says heavy rain and winds could cause power outages on Vancouver Island as an "intense" storm system is set to hit the B.C. coast today. 

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  Nov 10
• Power restored to most homes after powerful B.C. windstorm

  BC Hydro says crews have restored power to 95 per cent of some 290,000 businesses and homes that were in the dark at some point Monday due to a powerful windstorm.

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  Nov 5
• Thousands without power, trees down in B.C. as storm sweeps through on Monday

  Environment Canada issued a number of wind warnings for areas including parts of the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and the Chilcotin.

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  Nov 4
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• B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain

  Heavy rain isn't unusual for Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the street she knew this storm was something different. 

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  Nov 2
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• Search continues for man feared swept away in Coquitlam River during B.C. storm

  The efforts came as other parts of the Lower Mainland continued to clean up after an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on the region.

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  Oct 23
• Part of Hwy 4 closed, ferry cancellations as storm hits B.C. South Coast

  North Shore Search and Rescue has issued a warning for everyone to stay back from river and creek banks this weekend due to the amount of rain forecast.

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  Oct 18
• Snowfall warnings issued along B.C.-Yukon border

  Environment Canada has issued the first snowfall warnings of the season along the British Columbia and Yukon border, with accumulations up to 20 centimetres expected in some areas.

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  Oct 17
• More than a quarter of registered voters cast an early ballot in B.C. election

  Elections BC says a record number of British Columbians have already cast their ballots in advance voting before Saturday's provincial election.

  Politics

  Oct 17
• British Columbia’s South Coast braces for season’s 1st atmospheric river

  Global BC meteorologist Kristi Gordon said the atmospheric river is likely to arrive on Friday night and last until Sunday morning.

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  Oct 16
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• Northern lights put on spectacular display across British Columbia

  They are due to the sun’s magnetic field, which is at its peak of its 11-year cycle and putting out more solar storms, resulting in more frequent displays of northern lights.

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  Oct 11
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• How an anticipated La Niña weather pattern could ease B.C. drought

  B.C.'s lingering drought could be eased by an incoming weather pattern that may bring a colder and wetter than normal winter, says a UBC weather and climate expert.

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  Oct 2
• Grand Forks, B.C., remains on alert due to late-season U.S. wildfire

  The wildfire that prompted a now-rescinded evacuation order for the community of Grand Forks, B.C., has grown to about four square kilometres in size.

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  Sep 26
• Drought damage raises risk of power outages as B.C. faces 1st big storm of the fall

  BC Hydro is warning that trees weakened by years of drought could be damaged, knocking out power, as the first major storm of the season rolls into B.C.

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  Sep 25