Natural catastrophes

13.11, storms

Canada: high winds battered southern British Columbia, leaving more than 200,000 people without power and stranding thousands of airplane and ferry passengers. BC Hydro crews struggled to repair more than 400 separate power outages that darkened many of Vancouver’s suburbs, the Sunshine Coast and parts of Vancouver Island. The season’s worst storm to date made it highly dangerous for electrical crews to assess damage and carry out repairs. The storm wreaked havoc on ferry sailings between Vancouver Island, the mainland and the Gulf Islands, as winds bashed waves onto the coast. Harbour Air cancelled all morning float plane flights between Vancouver and Victoria. All fights from Vancouver International Airport to Campbell River and Comox were delayed.