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The issue is back in the spotlight after a recent windstorm washed at least four watercraft ashore along Vancouver's Sunset Beach.

British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.

Spring is about transformation, a season often marked by its dynamic sights, smells, sounds and tastes. As humans change the climate, our experience of the season is changing, too.

BC Ferries confirmed Wednesday that sailings between the island and Horseshoe Bay would be cancelled on Thursday, following service outages on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The horrific images of Los Angeles communities ravaged by wildfire are bringing back painful memories in West Kelowna, which experienced a similar threat in 2023.

Emergency crews have recovered the body of a second victim killed in a mudslide in the Sea to Sky region during another windstorm last weekend.

Environment Canada issued a wind warning for Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Victoria, East and West Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands.

Environment Canada says a wind warning has been issued in parts of B.C.'s central coast including Bella Bella and Klemtu.

The Coastal Inspiration was forced to drop anchor as it arrived from Duke Point during the 3:15 p.m. sailing on Sunday.

RCMP say one person's remains have been pulled from the site of a landslide near Lions Bay, while another missing person "remains unaccounted for."

Environment Canada is warning of a storm surge on British Columbia's south coast that could reach a metre high.

The debris flow swept one residence off the foundation and damaged some infrastructure, according to the Municipality of Lions Bay.

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

North Oyster Elementary, Ecole Hammond Bay, Gabriola Elementary and Qwam Qwum Stuwixwhul School remain closed due to power outages from the storm.

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.

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.

Resident Lynn Smith was driving on the Sunshine Coast Highway when she saw the strong winds start picking up and quickly pulled a U-turn.

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.

Several ferries have been cancelled throughout the day and reports of damage to homes, buildings and roads are continuing to come in.

More than 20,000 residents are without power in Surrey after a massive power failure.