Things are getting back to normal this morning after Friday’s powerful wind storm downed trees, knocked out power, cancelled ferry sailings and even closed down Stanley Park.
The storm brought wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour throughout the day Friday.
According to BC Hydro’s online outage list, all power outages in Vancouver due to the storm have been restored, but as of Saturday morning there were still some people without power in Delta and Surrey.
At the peak of Friday’s storm, more than 120,500 customers were without power across the Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast.
Vancouver Park Board made the decision Friday morning to close Stanley Park due to the high winds. The seawall was also closed between the Lions Gate Bridge and Third Beach due to the winds and cresting waves. The wind storm also closed down McCleery Golf Course, VanDusen Botanical Garden and the Stanley Park Ghost Train.
The park board tweeted out just before 9 a.m. Saturday that Stanley Park is open again.
Stanley Park is now open to the public after yesterday's wind event and closure. Please be advised that Park staff will continue to work on the cleanup and restoration through the day. Any issues can be reported to 3-1-1.
— Vancouver Park Board (@ParkBoard) October 26, 2019
The storm temporarily shut down transit service in the city during the Friday evening rush after a downed tree fell across the SkyTrain guideway between the Commercial-Broadway and Metrotown stations stopping Expo Line service between those stations for two hours.
The high winds also led to the cancellation of a number of ferry sailings but it appeared to be back to smooth sailing Saturday morning.
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