Most mobile home customers in B.C. are low-income, seniors
A number of road closures remain in effect
Crews have restored power to 130,000 as of 6:30 a.m.
Zoom is the number one downloaded app this year, as more people connect digitally
Three separate outages were reported related to weather
Crews are yet to be assigned to some outages
Crown utility says its data show there has been a 117 per cent increase in storms over the past several years
One outage in Langley and Surrey is affecting over 4,000 customers
An increase should be expected, but Brian Chwiendacz experienced a 200-plus per cent hike
Area of 232nd Street and Old Yale Road was blocked Monday
The new lights will slash power consumption and cost less
BC Hydro crews are investigating
BC Hydro crews estimate to have power restore by 10 a.m.
Cause of the outage is not yet known
Many people are also cooking and baking more than before the pandemic
Crews were on scene for several hours Tuesday night after an accident sheered off a power pole