The power officially came back on for North Island residents last night around 6:00 p.m.
Nearly 7,000 residents on the North Island had been without power onWednesday, Oct. 18, after the lights went out in Port Hardy, Port Alice and Port McNeill just before 10:30 a.m.
BC Hydro responded to the multiple outages, which were due in some parts to a transmission circuit failure.
It’s unknown if these outages were due to the recent storm that has been blowing through the area for the past 48 hours.
A wind warning remains in effect from Environment Canada with gusts reaching up to 110 km/h over exposed coastal areas.
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Power outage to 1685 customers in #PortHardy. Crews will respond as soon as they can and will share updates at: https://t.co/z5syEGji8N pic.twitter.com/zUeSuuXcQT
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 18, 2017
1378 customers are without power in #PortMcNeill. Crews will be heading to the area & sharing updates here: https://t.co/gxwBYvNYFD pic.twitter.com/O31HhOP6wN
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 18, 2017
We'll be heading to an outage on Malcolm Island, #Alertbay & #PortMcNeill to 1621 customers. Updates at: https://t.co/dG4omyyGsN pic.twitter.com/ri2G8QoNmb
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 18, 2017
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