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The National Weather Service said what could be the strongest Santa Anawindstorm in more than a decade began Tuesday across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

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.

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

The Canadian Coast Guard was out on the water Wednesday, assessing at least eight boats that ran aground onto beaches during the storm.

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.

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.

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.

The Vancouver Park Board began removing trees from the park after up to 160,000 of them were killed by a hemlock looper moth infestation and had become unsafe. 

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.

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.

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 late Wednesday or Thursday, with Tampa Bay potentially facing its first direct hit since 1921.

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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.