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An overnight windstorm sent a number of boats anchored in False Creek into a marina, re-igniting the debate over boats anchored in the popular waterway. Rumina Daya reports.

It was a wet and wild night on the South Coast, with wind battering homes, toppling trees, and leaving thousands of people without power on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, and the Sunshine Coast. Grace Ke reports.

We’re learning more about a woman killed by a falling tree during a windstorm in Chilliwack on Monday. As Grace Ke reports, it comes as both rain and wind warnings remain in effect across parts of B.C.’s South Coast.

The cleanup is underway after a wild windstorm ripped through the Edmonton region on Thursday night. Wind gusts up to 130 km/h blew trees over, tore apart buildings and even forced flights to be rerouted to Calgary. Jaclyn Kucey surveys the damage.

The issue of abandoned boats clogging B.C. shores and waterways is resurfacing – thanks to a recent Vancouver windstorm. There are rules about responsibility for watercraft, but as Aaron McArthur reports, enforcement seems to be a big challenge.

Albertans clean up after a powerful windstorm sweeps through the Edmonton area. Thousands of Albertans watch the weather as wildfires close in on rural communities. A grieving mother pleads for answers one year after the death of her 13-year-old son.

Two weeks after a windstorm brought down a beloved tree in Cochrane, the town is rallying to ensure its deep-routed legacy will be lasting. Meghan Cobb has more.

A long-standing, beloved tree that is estimated to be over 300-years-old at Cochrane Ranche has fallen after a windstorm.

A raging wildfire is threatening homes in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, with Malibu, Santa Monica and Venice nearby.  This fire has been described as a “blow torch,” consuming an area the size of “three football fields” every minute. Jordan Armstrong reports.

The death toll from Saturday’s windstorm on the south coast has now risen to three. The bodies of two people were pulled from the site of a mudslide at Lions Bay that previously closed the Sea-to-Sky Highway for nearly 24 hours. As Grake Ke reports, search and rescue crews made the tragic discovery after searching...

We’re learning new details about the personal toll of last week’s windstorm that swept through the south coast. Three people died as a result of the storm on December 14th. And now, a family is describing the injuries an elderly man suffered when a tree fell on him in a Surrey cemetery. Alissa Thibault reports.

The body of one person has been recovered and another person is still unaccounted for after a home was swept away by a mudslide that went across Highway 99 near Lions Bay, B.C. on Saturday. The mudslide took place during a major windstorm on B.C.’s south coast and has prompted the community to issue a...

The death toll from a violent windstorm that battered the B.C. coast Saturday has risen to three after two bodies were pulled from a mudslide at Lions Bay. Thousands of people packed an arena in Colwood to say goodbye to former premier John Horgan. A judge has awarded a Yukon couple $10,000 after they were...

Kevin Aquino, with BC Hydro, joins Global News Morning with the latest on the outages caused by the bomb cyclone

We’re getting a look at a shockingly close call in Washington State during the windstorm. Amtrak says Train 519 was heading from Vancouver to Seattle Tuesday evening when it struck a tree that had fallen across the tracks.

A windstorm earlier this month seems to have caused costly damage in one North Shore neighbourhood. As Angela Jung reports, repairs from a corresponding power surge are said to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and home and business owners are questioning who will pay for them.

Crews have been out in full force over the last 24 hours working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers after Monday’s windstorm. Trees toppled on roads, vehicles, homes, and utility poles. As Emily Lazatin reports, cleanup for some will take a long time.

Rain and heavy winds brought down trees, knocked out power and caused huge waves across B.C.’s South Coast Monday. Here’s a look at just some of the damage caused around the region.

It’s been a blustery day along the South Coast, and while torrential rains have eased, the winds are wreaking havoc on many communities. Angela Jung has more on the stormy fallout

Researchers with Northern Tornado Project say they’ve confirmed that a tornado downed trees near Sechelt on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast during a windstorm on Monday. As Troy Charles reports, it’s not the first time a November tornado has been recorded in the province.