Thousands still without power after windstorm strikes Interior

While power has been restored to more than 30,000 impacted by Friday's wind-caused outages, 1,195 remain without power in the Thompson, Shuswap, and Okanagan Saturday morning.

BC Hydro has dispatched additional crews to continue to restore power to impacted customers.

"Significant progress was made restoring customers following yesterday's windstorm," said a BC Hydro spokesperson in a statement. "Additional crews are assisting work today to complete repairs for outages in 100 Mile House, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, and Valemount."

Additional crews are assisting work today to complete repairs primarily in the #DawsonCreek, #100MileHouse, #Kamloops, #SalmonArm, #Valemount & the #Cherryville area. Please continue to check our mobile website for the latest info as it becomes available: https://t.co/E1Lk1yn3Zb pic.twitter.com/vrerYqHdev

— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 26, 2019

Friday's windstorm saw winds gusting as high as 94 km/h as recorded in Quesnel. The storm worked its way south, reaching the North Okanagan around 12 p.m.

As the wind whipped across the Interior, it brought down trees and power lines in its wake. 

Heffley Lewis Creek Rd is CLOSED 1km North of Sun Peaks due to downed power lines. Detour not available. #LouisCreekBC #KamloopsBC
For more information: https://t.co/IwyHHSKGkS

— Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 25, 2019

Heads Up! – Winds storms are causing power outages across BC. Please remember to use the 4 way stop procedure at intersection when the traffic signals are not working.

Learn 4 way stop procedure: https://t.co/MmCzW5Sk9g

Check out the @bchydro outage map:https://t.co/mLUA6hXGnH pic.twitter.com/Jv6g8zZlE8

— Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 25, 2019

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