Branches hitting power lines due to high winds led to power outages that hit thousands of customers in the capital region and Southern Gulf Islands on Tuesday.
By 2:30 p.m., outages affected 4,215 customers on the south Island, including in Sooke, Metchosin and Victoria, and on Salt Spring and Mayne islands.
Winds were gusting from 40 km/h up to 60 km/h, and expected to ease to 20 km/h winds gusting to 40 km/h in the late afternoon.
