Tens of thousands of people remained without power on Saturday as strong wind gusts continued to ravage southwestern British Columbia, days after a powerful windstorm swept across the region.
BC Hydro said the task of restoring power continues to be challenging and requires individual repairs in many cases, including re-stringing hundreds of spans of power lines and replacing power poles and transformers.
“More than 800 field personnel are working around the clock to repair the extensive damage to BC Hydro’s infrastructure after one of the most severe windstorms it has experienced in 20 years,” the utility said in a statement Saturday.
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