A robust storm that swept across the B.C. South Coast Friday evening and Saturday brought harmful winds that caused peak power interruptions that surpassed 200,000 consumers, and resulted in a landslide that shut down a component of Highway 99.
The landslide resulted in the closure of a section of Highway 99 on Saturday, at Brunswick Beach near Lions Bay, and a six-hour detour around it.
However, that component of the Sea to Sky Highway has actually currently resumed, according to an article from the Resort Municipality of Whistler on X.
“Drive BC is reporting the highway is now open in both directions between Lions Bay Avenue and Brunswick Beach Road following Saturday’s landslide. Thank you to the crews who worked overnight to clear the debris,” the Resort Municipality of Whistler claimed in the blog post.
As the particles clean-up on components of Highway 99 ended up Sunday, BC Hydro officials are still servicing power reconstruction initiatives.
Damaging wind gusts from Saturday’s tornado reduced hydro posts and rooted out trees, causing a fast acceleration of electrical energy interruptions on the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
During the elevation of the tornado, approximately 240,000 BC Hydro consumers lacked power in the Lower Mainland andSunshine Coast Vancouver Island, north and southerly areas integrated, had simply under 20,000 consumers at night.
As of very early Sunday early morning, there are around 5,000 consumers still without power, according to B.C. Hydro.
Some of the toughest, peak wind gusts throughout the tornado were as complies with, according to an initial recap launched by Environment and Climate Change Canada since 8 p.m. PST on Saturday,Dec 14.
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Solander: 117 km/h
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Saturna Island: 115 km/h
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Sisters Island: 100 km/h
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Sand Heads 100 km/h
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Kelp Reef: 100 km/h
#BCStorm upgrade: More than 250 teams and specialist teams have actually been functioning throughout the day, and extra sources have actually been generated from untouched areas to supply extra assistance. All readily available teams will certainly infiltrate the evening and throughout the day tomorrow to … pic.twitter.com/GDjBwCqw0R
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) December 15, 2024
B.C. will certainly see an additional system with Sunday and Monday, however it is anticipated to be much less impactful than the weekend break tornado.
Watch the video clip coming before the post for the complete tale on the freeway resuming.
With documents from Rhythm Reet, a meteorologist at The Weather Network.
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