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Yellow Warning - Wind

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Haida Gwaii

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
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Severity Moderate
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

Another strong wind event is expected over coastal B.C.
What: Southeasterly winds of 90 km/h gusting to 110 km/h.
Where: Coastal sections of West Vancouver Island, North Vancouver Island, and Haida Gwaii.
When: - This evening for Vancouver Island. - Tonight and Sunday for Haida Gwaii.
Remarks: Very strong winds with gusts up to 110 km/h will persist over the BC Coast this evening before easing below warning criteria overnight. Haida Gwaii will see a second push of strong winds midday on Sunday.
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Local utility outages are possible. Disruptions to services and travel are possible.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #BCStorm.

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