Many Metro 91原创 street were flooded this morning from a torrential rainfall overnight, causing headaches for drivers on the morning commute.
Photos posted to social media early Thursday showed cars plowing through massive puddles on Broadway. Reports of localized flooding and coming in from all over the city after up to 80 millimetres of rain fell on Metro 91原创 overnight.
According to Environment Canada, up to 40 millemtres is expected to fall in 91原创 today.
Taryn Scollard, the city鈥檚 director of streets, said 15 dedicated crews were out Friday morning for flood response. She said they were trying to clear out the water on bike and bus routes and responding to emergency calls.
The city received more than 70 calls from people overnight and this morning complaining of localized flooding.
鈥淲e had crews out overnight in anticipation of this and we have crews out today,鈥� she said, adding that those crews are clearing catch spaces, using vacuum trucks to clear out the water.
"Mainly we鈥檙e just removing debris so the water can flow,鈥� she said.
The heavy rain Thursday morning followed Wednesday鈥檚 storm, when winds of up to 90 km/h knocked down trees and power lines, causing outages for 80,000 customers in Metro 91原创.
Meanwhile, it may be raining cats and dogs down in Metro 91原创, but the wet weather has also brought the first snows to North Shore mountains.
Mount Seymour鈥檚 Emma-Lee Brunt celebrated that fact Thursday with a loud shout on Twitter, noting 鈥渋t鈥檚 officially snowing鈥� on the mountain.
But don鈥檛 get your hopes up the snow will stick around long enough for you to strap on skis; Mount Seymour doesn鈥檛 usually open until mid-December.
鈥淩ight now it is snowing on top of the first peak and on Brockton, but who knows how long it will last,鈥� Brunt said. 鈥淲e are expecting snow on Sunday and Monday as well.鈥�
Jacqueline Blackwell, the media manager at Grouse Mountain, said staff at the Grouse Nest report mixed snow and rain. Operations there normally open in mid-November, and the company expects that to be the same this year as well.
"We expect the stormy pattern to continue into next week," Enivornment Canada meteorologist Andre Besson said Wednesday.
Surrey firefighters received 250 storm-related calls late Tuesday and early Wednesday, most of which were about branches down on power lines. There were also some fire-related calls, minor injury reports and trees down on railway tracks.
A Surrey mother and her five-year-old child were briefly trapped after a tree crashed through into the bedroom of their house.
Surrey fire chief Reo Jerome said the incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. in the 12900-block of 58th Avenue and "freaked out" the woman. When emergency crews arrived they helped her and the child out of the house. He said the woman, her husband and the child were shaken but otherwise okay.
There was significant damage to the house, he said.
As the storm settled early Wednesday morning, more than 30,000 B.C. Hydro customers were still without power in Metro 91原创, after more than 80,000 were without electricity overnight.
B.C. Hydro spokeswoman Mora Scott said 25 major power lines were knocked down by trees, wind and branches. She said crews worked overnight and had most of the power restored by the afternoon.
Across the region, social media users posted updates about debris, trees and branches on the roads.
"Did we have a storm in 91原创 overnight or something? Debris and branches all over the roads this morning," tweeted Landon, while emergency scanner reports on Twitter reported several trees coming down on homes in Surrey.
Wind gusts of up to 90 km/h forced B.C. Ferries to delay early-morning sailings between 91原创 and Nanaimo, while a washout forced the closure of the Port Mellon Highway in both directions, six kilometres north of the junction with Highway 101.
Although the wind warning was lifted later Wednesday, the rainfall warning remained in effect in Metro 91原创, Howe Sound and Whistler.
Some of B.C.'s higher elevation passes such as Kootenay Pass could be hit with snow this weekend, said Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist.
"By early next week I think it's almost certain we will see those passes get white, and even the freezing level will get low enough that we will see start to see snow on the Coquihalla."
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