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Thousands without power, several highway closures in B.C. amid stormy conditions

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Thousands of British Columbians are without power Saturday due to stormy weather. 

B.C. Hydro spokesperson Susie Rieder said about 14,000 customers across the province have been affected by the outages.

“The outages that we’re seeing this morning are due to the inclement weather, and normally these outages are caused by trees hitting our infrastructure or power lines,” she said.

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Rieder said particularly hard-hit areas include Vancouver Island, the Southern Interior and some spots in the Fraser Valley. 

“Right now our crews are working around the clock to restore power as quickly as possible,” she said, adding it’s difficult to predict when power

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/power-outages-bc-weather-1.6291424?cmp=rss.

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