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The driver of a car was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle on a highway in Surrey.

Thousands of people still have no electricity as BC Hydro works to restore service.

And as Simon Little explains, more bad weather is in the BC forecast.

Downed trees and downed wires knocking out electricity to some 130,000 customers at the peak of the overnight windstorm.

Surrey, Duncan, Port Hardy and Prince George among the hardest hit areas.

BC Hydro says it's since managed to restore electricity to more than half of those affected.

Wind warnings forecasting gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour remain in effect for much of B.C. That includes the lower mainland and Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island south of Sayward and the central interior.

Rainfall warnings are also in effect for Metro Vancouver's northeast and north shore, Howe Sound, the Fraser Canyon and parts of Vancouver Island.

Parts of British Columbia remain under weather alerts and warnings due to high winds this morning.

BC Hydro says around 60,000 customers are still without power.

The hardest hit areas at this time include Surrey, Duncan, Port Hardy and Prince George.

While the heavy rain has moved on for most of the province, a rainfall warning remains in effect for much of Vancouver Island.

Nearly 30,000 customers in the region have been left in the dark.

BC Hydro is asking for patience as crews work to clear up the damage and restore service in challenging conditions.

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Have a look at this map.

This is power outages information from BC Hydro.

As you can see, it stretches all the way from Vancouver and in through the Fraser Valley in the east, all the way to Victoria, south on Vancouver Island.

all the way up through the nimo campbell river powell river to the edge and port hardy at last check at least 30 000 customers were in the dark after wind heavy rain toppled trees brought down them on power lines as we said running the length of most of the island a landslide in fact we want to zoom in on another community now which is called the community of zabalos it's in sort of the northwest corner or part of the northwest cove in Vancouver Island.

Dirksen.

In 2017, before John Horgan was sworn in as Premier, he wrote a letter open to BC Hydro saying, we're planning to review Site C, so slow down, don't sign any contracts.

He got attacked for it by the then premier, but it struck me at the time as a legitimate warning to Hydro to slow down.

Have you thought of writing that kind of a letter to the highways ministry saying, stop digging a tunnel because we want to review this project, so slow down?

Yeah, that's true.

BC Hydro's coming after Vecna.

Silly.

But yes, you're right.

How the BC Lions are preparing for their big game on Saturday.

New report from BC Hydro finds the conditions that influence storm damage and impacts are determined months earlier.

The report finds the effects of drought, heat and wildfire are still present long after conditions improve.

That's because weakened trees, fire damaged landscapes and stressed infrastructure are left more vulnerable in the aftermath.

Those risks are sometimes not even visible until the stormy conditions arrive.

BC Hydro says trees and vegetation remain the leading cause of storm-related outages.

Ahead of the first major storm of this season, Hydro is encouraging customers to build or refresh their 72-hour emergency kit and create a household emergency plan.

Hoping for the best out in the Okanagan this year, too, because they had a bad summer, and we know there are some steep pitches with a lot of stuff burned up there.