UPDATE: Specialized crew required for outage of 3+ days SE of Hope; power lost due to mudslide/snow slide

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The cause of the power interruption is a mud slide or snow slide, BC Hydro reported on its website.

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The affected area is southeast of Sunshine Valley stretching to parts of Manning Park and into the small community of Eastgate, if BC Hydro’s outage map is indeed correct.

Crews are on their way and are expected to arrive by 11 a.m. Thursday morning (Dec. 18). Power is expected back on by 11 p.m. tonight.

Image: BC Hydro

Nearby Highway 3 remains closed between Hope and Manning Park due to extensive damage from the extreme weather events on Wednesday, Dec. 10 that saw more than 130 mm of rain fall in the Hope area.

BC Hydro released a statement Thursday morning saying power had been restored to more than 119,000 customers throughout B.C. who saw their lights go out due to Wednesday’s windstorm.