Power restored for almost everyone after B.C. windstorm [Video]

Thousands of British Columbians woke up in dark homes Tuesday after a powerful storm knocked out power across much of the province’s South Coast the previous day.

Responding to the widespread outage, some 250 crews made of up BC Hydro employees and contractors have been working around the clock to restore service, according to the utility.

As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, 7, 500 customers remained without power, down from around 290,000 at the peak of the outages.

“What crews are dealing with now are the more difficult spots, the spots we couldn’t get up to because we needed helicopters yesterday,” BC Hydro spokesperson Mora Scott told CTV News.

“We’re hoping to have the vast majority of customers restored by the end of the day, but there may be small pockets who are without power for another night.”

Scott said crews have had to replace dozens of power lines, poles and …