Most of the holidays affected Qualicum Beach and Parksville, an area that saw sparse spring snow on Sunday. The outage in #VancouverIsland was caused by heavy, wet snow that destroyed many trees. Workshops are working to complete repairs, but customers may still experience interruptions when the line is restored due to minor, local damage. Updates here: pic.twitter.com/uuljl5C87G – BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 10, 2022 The story goes on under the ad
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“The outage in #VancouverIsland was caused by heavy, wet snow that destroyed many trees,” said Crown. “Crews are working to complete the repairs, but customers may face another outage when the line is repaired due to minor, local damage.” By 5 p.m., BC Hydro said it had reduced the number of vacations to about 1,000. 4:26 The IPCC report describes the terrible effects of climate change and warns that time is running out © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
