VANCOUVER — Snow and freezing rain dumped on British Columbia by a winter storm is continuing to wreak havoc across the province.
Environment Canada has issued about two dozen weather warnings, and the provincial government's DriveBC website is advising drivers about a high avalanche hazard in the southeast.
Crews are working on a 33.7-kilometre stretch of Highway 1 near Revelstoke that was closed overnight because of avalanche risk.
The hazard also closed two separate stretches of Highway 13 near Trout Lake and Meadow Creek, and a 27-kilometre stretch of Highway 3 west of Creston.
Meanwhile, BC Hydro is in the process of restoring power to thousands of customers, including more than 10,000 who were experiencing outages in the Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast.
In the Kamloops area, about 14,000 students have been told to stay home from school as heavy snow has stopped buses from running.
