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Burke Mountain in Coquitlam recorded a storm total of 256 mm (10.1 in) from October 18 through the evening of October 20. West Vancouver also reported rain in excess of 200 mm (7.9 in). Kennedy Lake on Vancouver Island saw over 318 mm (12.5 in) of rainfall. [17]
Storms over the northwest coast on December 20, 2018. Starting in the morning, severe winds hit Metro Vancouver gusting up to 112 kilometres per hour (70 mph) [8] affecting Delta and White Rock the worst. One person in Duncan on Vancouver Island was killed when struck by a falling tree. [1] A Surrey man was severely injured after a tree fell on ...
At the peak of the storm, as many as 600,000 customers were in the dark in Washington, while 300,000 B.C. Hydro customers were without power, around half of those on Vancouver Island.
The storm also generated 40-foot (12 m) waves off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. [2] [1] In British Columbia, winds from the storm cut the power to over 12,500 customers, including 5,500 customers on Vancouver Island. Ferry trips were also cancelled, due to the bad weather. [7]
A low pressure storm system known as a "bomb cyclone" forms off the coast of the U.S. Pacific Northwest and western Canada in a composite satellite image November 19, 2024.
The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric river, which brought heavy rain to parts of southern British Columbia and northwestern United States.
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The most high-profile damage caused by the storm was the breaking and uprooting of around 10,000 trees in Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver. In addition to Stanley Park, extensive damage was reported to trees around the Lower Mainland, which also took power lines down with them as well as a number of houses, notably on exposed areas of West ...