Some still without power after gale-force winds hit southern Vancouver Island region

Monday night’s windstorm has left many without power, according to BC Hydro.

As of this publication, there are still 4,675 without power due to high winds disrupting the power grid in the region of southern Vancouver Island. 

The powerful winds swept over the south island, gusting up to 100 km/h overnight on Monday, February 24th.

These winds downed several trees that disrupted power lines, and in some cases, the lines themselves were knocked down.

Currently in and around Victoria, there is only one outage impacting only a handful of residents; however, over 3,295 on Galiano Island are without power, Mayne Island has over 2,300 still in the dark and Saturna Island also has around 2,300 without power. 

BC Hydro crews have been busy at work trying to get power restored. Over the past 24 hours, they have restored power to approximately 9,647 homes who were impacted by the winds or other factors in the southern region of the island. 

Northern regions of Vancouver Island avoided this latest wind storm completely with only around five being without power. 

All current outages currently have crews onsite or en route to restore power Tuesday morning.