Flood, wind warnings in southern B.C. with yet another storm expected

On the west coast of Vancouver Island, nearly 140 millimeters of rain causing landslides and road closures. The weather is not cooperating and the flooding at Surrey River is something that needs to be taken very seriously. Flood warnings are in place for parts of the province's south coast as the third storm in less than a week brings heavy rain and strong winds. Showers have eased in some areas, but officials say more rain is coming. You know, certainly concerning what we're seeing is just the weather pattern, the shape up of the atmosphere across the Pacific Ocean is really just set up to just keep hitting these storms into B.C. Environment Canada issued orange and yellow rainfall warnings for much of southern B.C. North of Vancouver along the coast, more than 200 millimeters of rain fell in Squamish. And in communities north of Whistler, flooding prompted evacuation orders and alerts. This storm is, by our weather models, is forecast to be much more intense than other previous warnings we've seen in the past. Since Friday, more than 400,000 customers have lost power. Most are back up and running but thousands are still in the dark. They were hit extensively, extensive damage through that area. poles down, trees down on long spans of line. This is where the tree came down and we were just in that room right there. Olivia Power was at home in Prince George when a windstorm took out this tree. We've just been here for about a year. This was our first house. So it made it even more upsetting. But from talking to the neighbors, they said that this was an unprecedented windstorm. It was very high winds, higher than normal, yeah. Heavy rain is expected to continue in some parts for the rest of the week as another storm moves in. Caroline Bargut, CBC News, Vancouver.