UPDATE: More customers are without power in the South Cariboo. Around 437 customers are affected by an outage near Green Lake which was caused, BC Hydro says by a “tree down our wires.” BC Hydro says that crews are on-site. 290 customers near the Big Bar area are also without power thanks to a similar “tree down our wires” incident, with crews also being assigned to deal with the outage.
In addition, in the 6400 block of Fox Crescent, five customers are without power due to a fallen tree, while 54 customers are without power in Sheridan Lake for similar reasons.
There are 934 customers without power in the Deka Lake area due to a “wind storm”, while 144 customers are without power in the Ruth Lake area due to a downed wire. 63 customers are without power in the Mahood Lake thanks to a “wind storm”, while less than five customers are without power in Hendrix Lake thanks to a “wind storm.”
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Just under 3,000 people are without power in the South Cariboo Tuesday afternoon (June 4).
Power went out for 2,949 B.C. Hydro customers at 1:19 p.m. impacting the communities of Deka Lake, Sheridan Lake, Roe Lake and Bridge Lake. The cause of the outage is believed to be a tree down across power lines with a crew assigned to restore power.
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm for the Cariboo this Tuesday. Conditions are expected to favour the development of severe thunderstorms that may produce strong gusts of wind, large hail and heavy rain.
A similar outage throughout much of the same area occurred last week when another tree took down B.C. Hydro’s lines. It took crews several hours to fix the outage.
