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BC storm repairs face a limit: falling trees and branches

Global News reports on another approaching storm as BC Hydro warns that dangerous conditions can force crews to stop work.

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Emergency services urging caution as BC continues to be battered with storms

Restoring electricity means getting crews close to damaged lines, but falling trees can make that work unsafe. In Global News's report on British Columbia's consecutive storms, BC Hydro representative Mora Scott explains that crews cannot keep working where trees and branches are coming down.

The report shows cars splashing through flooded South Coast streets, swollen waterways and trees strewn across residential properties as a third storm approaches. Environment Canada meteorologist Brian Proctor describes an intense wet-weather pattern with potentially problematic consequences for coastal British Columbia.

According to the report, the River Forecast Centre has issued high streamflow advisories for Vancouver Island and parts of the Fraser Valley. Earlier storms have already left crews dealing with fallen trees and broken power lines.

There has been progress: Prince George Mayor Garth Frizzell praises BC Hydro for restoring electricity to thousands of customers within three days. But Scott's warning explains why restoration cannot always continue through the worst conditions.

Global News also reports that a motorist died when a tree fell on a car. The emergency-services message is caution as further rain and wind arrive, with recovery from the earlier storms still underway.

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