Heavy rains over the weekend had prompted the BC River Forecast Centre to issue a Flood Watch for the North Coast, but authorities say the weather front has now passed and rivers in the region are below levels for flooding concerns.
As a result, the Flood Watch for the North Coast, and the High Streamflow Advisory for Haida Gwaii has been rescinded today, Monday November 10th, and is no longer in effect.
Authorities say the atmospheric river that moved through the region bought upwards of 90mm of rain in places, causing rivers to rise rapidly in response. On Haida Gwaii rivers peaked on Saturday, November 8th, reaching 5-year to 20-year flows in some areas, while along the North Coast, flows in the 2-year to 20-year range had been reported around Kitimat.
River levels are expected to drop today, but swift water hazards and impacts from localized flooding remain a possibility.
BC Hydro Crews were also busy dealing with a number of storm related power outages this weekend as fallen trees and downed wires had led to power outages in parts of Kitimat, Smithers, Stewart and Terrace, as well as in Vanderhoof, the Nass Valley, Haida Gwaii and Bella Coola.
At the peak of the outages on Sunday night, about 1000 customers in the Northwest were without power. Most of the outages had been resolved within four hours by BC Hydro Crews, with Terrace and area reconnected shortly before midnight November 9th. Work continues to reconnect some customers near Vanderhoof today, as well as in Bella Coola.
As the weather picks up in the Northeast, additional localized power outages have been reported across the Peace Region, with reports of trees down across wires affecting customers in Chetwynd, Dawson Creek and Fort St John.
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