Yellow Warning - Wind

Damaging winds are expected.

Strong southeasterly winds gusting to 90 km/h developing this evening and shifting to southwest winds gusting to 90 km/h overnight.

Where: Greater Victoria, Southern Gulf Islands, Malahat Highway.

When: This evening through Sunday morning.

Remarks : Another strong low pressure system is heading towards the South Coast. As the low moves across the region, strong southeasterly winds 70 km/h gusting to 90 will develop early this evening, shift to southwest overnight, then ease Sunday morning.

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Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind. There is a risk of injury due to flying or falling debris.

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.