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VANCOUVER — Thousands of people are without power across British Columbia as strong winds sweep across the province.
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BC Hydro says in a statement that power was knocked out in an overnight wind storm for about 120,000 customers, although it has been restored for some.
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The utility says that at one point more than 18,000 were without power in the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey, while Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, Maple Ridge and North Vancouver all saw more than 10,000 customers affected.
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The outages come after Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the Vancouver area that has since ended, warning of strong wind gusts of up to 80 kilometres an hour.
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BC Hydro says “all available crews and contractors have been mobilized” to restore power after winds brought trees and debris onto its infrastructure, mostly in the Lower Mainland.
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High winds are still in the forecast for the southern Interior from the Fraser Valley, Thompson, Cariboo, Okanagan, Shuswap, Chilcotin, Similkameen and Kootenay regions of the province.
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The weather agency says the wind storm comes on the heels of a cold front that moved through the area and brought heavy rain and triggered major flood warnings in the Fraser Valley.
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It says people should secure loose objects and stay away from fallen power lines.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2025.
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