Over 5,000 without power on Vancouver Island as strong winds hit

B.C. Hydro says over 5,000 of their customers on southern Vancouver Island are without power Sunday afternoon.

Many of the outages are due to trees down across power-lines.

A wind warning was issued by Environment Canada Saturday and Sunday for Greater Victoria.

Winds are expected to reach 60 to 90 km/h by Sunday afternoon, but will ease by early Monday morning.

Crews are working to resolve the outages, one of the largest in in the Goldstream area where 1,733 customers are impacted.

A map of the outages can be found here.

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