Thousands of people woke up with no power on Friday after the first major storm of the season slammed into Southern B.C. on Thursday night.
More than 40,000 hydro customers across the province were in the dark as of 6 a.m. Friday.
Crews continue to make progress on repairs. 45K customers out at peak of #bcstorm last night, 14K remain. Updates: https://t.co/SvCHwNoMI5
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 7, 2016
BC Hydro warn it could be some time before all the lights are back on.
Drivers could experience some traffic delays as city crews clean up debris on the roads.
Lots of cleanup taking place this morning after last night's big #BCStorm pic.twitter.com/XIGHEbs2bZ
— Gord Kurbis (@CTVNewsGord) October 7, 2016
Strong winds and heavy rain toppled trees and brought down wires overnight.
On the island, outages were reported from Campbell River, down the east coast, through Nanaimo to Victoria.
I'm dry and full of hot chocolate now but was out in #BCStorm grabbing video for @CTVNewsVI tonight pic.twitter.com/uav7uygZ6F
— Gord Kurbis (@CTVNewsGord) October 7, 2016
BC Ferries was forced to cancel a number of sailings on Thursday due to the weather.
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority confirmed a cruise ship failed to dock at Ogden Point on Friday morning because of high winds.
Environment Canada has dropped its wind warning, but gusts are still expected to sweep through the south coast.
With files from The Canadian Press
