Close to 90,000 BC Hydro customers were left without power at the height of Monday’s windstorm on the South Coast. About 50,0000 of those were on the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland - the rest on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. The hardest hit areas included parts of Hope, Chilliwack, Langley, Maple Ridge, Duncan, Victoria and Qualicum. At one point, downed tree limbs cut off vehicle access to Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope.

Meanwhile, a woman is dead after being hit by a falling tree near Chilliwack. RCMP say she was walking with two young children at Island 22 Monday afternoon when a wind gust brought down the tree. Victim Services has been called in to help the family.