UPDATED: 2:10 p.m.
According to Jen Walker-Larsen, community relations for BC Hydro, power is expected to return to customers tonight. The biggest outage is currently in West 麻豆精选 on Westside Road with 2,400 affected.
Original:
Some Lake Country, West 麻豆精选 and Peachland residents are still without power from 测别蝉迟别谤诲补测鈥檚 windstorm.
The hardest hit appears to be Lake Country in the Okanagan Centre Road area with more than 200 BC Hydro customers affected and on Moberly Road with 102 customers.
In Peachland, 223 customers are without power in the Ehlers Road area.
In West 麻豆精选, 18 people remain without power in the Glenrosa Road area and six in the Glengarry Road area, according to a BC Hydro outage map.
鈥淐rews have restored over 108,000 customers impacted by (测别蝉迟别谤诲补测鈥檚) wind storm. All available resources are actively working to restore power for the remaining customers in the Interior. Hardest hit areas are Salmon Arm, Vernon, Nakusp and the Kootenays. Due to difficult access and extensive damage, some customers may be out overnight,鈥� said BC Hydro on its website.
FortisBC currently only has 41 customers without power, out of 6,700 customers who lost power due to 测别蝉迟别谤诲补测鈥檚 storm.
The Capital News is currently waiting for comment from BC Hydro. No word has been given when power will be restored.
To report a typo, email: edit@kelownacapnews.com.
<>@carliberry_
carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
