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

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

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.

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

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

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."

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.

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

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.

Thousands of Metro Vancouver residents lost power due to a windstorm Tuesday night. Some were still without electricity on Wednesday morning.

A Naramata resident said one tree near his home wound up crashing down onto his deck five months five months after it was trimmed.

According to the BC Wildfire Service, the Parker Lake blaze is burning alongside Highway 97, around 12 kilometres west of Fort Nelson.

The Fraser-Cascade School District closed Boston Bar Elementary School due to road conditions and a power outage Tuesday morning.

Heavy rains and strong winds in parts of B.C. late Monday left thousands of households without power on Boxing Day, and more strong winds are forecast to hit the province.

BC Hydro says almost all the customers who lost power during a windstorm that swept across southern British Columbia have had it restored.

After an overnight storm led to hundreds of power outages, BC Hydro said Saturday that crews would be working day and night to ensure power is restored.

The weeks of drought conditions, along with wildfire damages, has led to damaged trees, which elevates the risk of 'significant power disruption' in the event of a windstorm.

The corn rootworm has found its way to farms in Salmon Arm, Enderby and Armstrong and the crop risk to growers in the area is significant.