Snow and ice pound mid-to-north Vancouver Island, power outages still possible
Posted: Dec. 23, 2022 6:18PMPower was still being restored Friday evening to 1,668 customers in the Tofino area after about 4,000 customers on the west coast lost power due to a transmission circuit failure early Friday morning.BC Hydro says more outages are possible in places hit hard by freezing rain.
Port Hardy experienced freezing rain from 5 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday leaving a layer of ice about a centimetre thick on cars and plants and everything else. “The waiting room would be more than full so it’s disappointing, it’s disappointing for all the passengers who haven’t had their plans work out for Christmas,” said Comox Valley Airport operations manager Alex Robertson.
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