“Three feet it missed me by.” Amid the noise of the wind and heavy rain, he said he could hear little before the sound of the yurt being torn “and then the thump of that thing hitting the ground.” “It was like the loudest gunshot you ever heard in the world,” said Beland, who had recently moved to the spot because of concerns about another tree. Victoria police responded to the near miss and ensured that everyone was safe. There were also no injuries in another incident where three trees fell on a Sooke house, causing “considerable damage,” according to Sooke communications co-ordinator Christina Moog.
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Power has been mostly restored in the southern parts of B.C. affected by this week’s powerful windstorm.
An update from B.C. Hydro said lights were back on for 220,000 customers affected Tuesday and Wednesday on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the Lower Mainland and the southern Interior. The Crown utility said electricity was flowing again for 97 per cent of its customers and was expected to be restored to the rest by the end of Thursday.
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