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UPDATE: 1,000-plus Hydro customers regain power on Island and Coast

UPDATE: 1,046 customers regained power in Comox, Sayward, and Nanaimo as of 1:00 p.m. this afternoon, according to BC Hydro.

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Over 4,570 people are without power on parts of the Island and Coast today.

According to BC Hydro, a total of 4,574 customers are without power after an intense windstorm affected several communities on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast last night, with the Sunshine Coast having 4,552 outages.

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Those outages come from Powell River and Sechelt, with Cortes Island and Courtenay, seeing a combined 1,056  residents without power.

Duncan only has 16 without power.

Hydro says most of the outages were caused by the storm, with trees falling on wires.

Crews are on-site working to restore power.

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