Hundreds of people on Vancouver Island woke up without power Sunday morning caused by heavy snowfall over the past two days.
More than 1,800 BC hydro customers were affected by the outages as of 10:30 a.m.
Snow also led to trees and power lines coming down in Qualicum Beach.
600BLK of Corcan Rd blocked due to a tree/lines down. @bchydro @DriveBC_VI @TranBCVanIsle #bcstorm #bcsnow pic.twitter.com/10sZGuWCB1
— Nick Acciavatti (@Dashwood6) February 5, 2017
A snowfall warning remained in effect for East Vancouver Island.
Environment Canada said an additional five to 10 centimetres was expected before the snow eased off later in the evening.
Flurries fell across the island on Saturday, with 30 centimetres recorded in Port Alberni and 20 centimetres in Parksville, according to Environment Canada.
Vancouver Island University kept all campuses and facilities closed due to extreme weather conditions.
Harbour Air was operating on Sunday following cancellations on Friday and Saturday.
#bcstorm stats for Courtenay for today:
— Gord Kurbis (@CTVNewsGord) February 5, 2017
Snow: 8 inches or 20cms
Times driveway cleared: 4
Legs hit by shovel: 1
Sore backs: 1
Plow curses: 2 pic.twitter.com/76Vcdl3a0E
Only received a trace to 1cm of snow overnight even though it snowed on and off all night and is snowing now. #bcstorm @ECCCWeatherBC pic.twitter.com/yR3k3hsuk2
— Alberni Weather (@alberniweather) February 5, 2017
