B.C. Hydro said power was out Tuesday night for about 130,000 customers on Vancouver Island. Sections of several Island highways were closed because of downed trees and debris.
Highways were closed, ferry sailings were cancelled and the lights went out for tens of thousands of residents as strong winds from a storm dubbed a “bomb cyclone” hit Vancouver Island on Tuesday.
A four-kilometre section of Highway 14 near Jordan River was closed in both directions due to a downed tree and Highway 28 was closed between Gold River and Campbell River due to the wind, with no detour available, DriveBC said. The storm is unusual because it will likely last longer than most storms that pass through in the fall, making significant power outages more likely, Proctor said. “We’re probably lucky that it’s tracking as far offshore as it is. If it was closer to the Island, we’d see those big winds over a much larger portion of area, so we’d probably have much more significant damage.”
Olynyk said it’s fortunate that many weaker branches have already fallen in previous storms, so the impact of this week’s storm may be mitigated. On the North Island, crews were plowing snow Tuesday at high elevations of Highway 19 and Highway 28, said Chris Cowley, general manager of Mainroad North Island, which maintains the roads north of Parksville.
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