About 14,000 were without power after strong winds swept across parts of the province over the weekend.
Thousands remained without power in B.C. on Sunday after strong winds swept across the province overnight.
Over 14,000 customers were without electricity across northern B.C., the central interior, and the Okanagan and Kootenay regions on Sunday morning.
Crews are working to restore power after heavy winds damaged power lines, but B.C. Hydro says some in northern B.C. are expected to be without power into Monday morning.
DriveBC is warning travellers in the region to watch for fallen trees and debris on the roads.
The outages affected several communities in the north along B.C. Highways 16, 37 and 37 A, including Terrace, Burns Lake, Hazelton, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Smithers and Stewart.
Environment and Climate Change Canada issued several wind and rainfall alerts across parts of the province last Friday early Saturday morning.
Wind warnings remained in place for much of southern B.C., including the Kootenays, South Thompson, Shuswap, Okanagan Valley and the eastern Fraser Valley.
In both the north and south Peace River region, strong winds were expected through the weekend. Gusts were recorded at close to 90 kilometres per hour. In Dawson Creek, the roof of the Ramada Inn was partially torn off due to the storm.
The town of Fort Nelson was spared the strong winds.
The weather agency says next weekend could look much stormier as there is a chance of an atmospheric river, but that will depend on where the system comes on shore.
Ramada Inn Dawson Creek pictured above.
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