Vancouver area told to brace for more wild weather after storm damages university campus
Residents in the south coast regions of British Columbia awoke on Sunday to an upcoming wind warning.built up near the Vancouver International Airport and made its way north toward West Vancouver and the mouth of Howe Sound.
The regional transit authority issued a statement Sunday morning saying that several bus routes on the university’s campus were being rerouted due to storm damage. “Our crews are working hard to restore service as they wait for the City of Vancouver to clear the large number of fallen trees,” it continues.As of Sunday, Environment Canada was issuing a wind warning for Monday night and Tuesday, that includes Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound, Whistler, all coastal areas of Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, the Central Coast and Haida Gwaii.
“A rapidly deepening weather system will generate strong southeast winds over the west coast of Vancouver Island, Central Coast and Haida Gwaii beginning Monday evening,” reads the special weather statement from Environment Canada.“The weather system will remain very intense Tuesday and these blustery conditions are expected to continue,” it reads.
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