Islanders warned to get ready for ‘parade of storms’
NANAIMO — As storm season hits the South Coast people are being warned to brace for disruptions.
Thousands of people were left without power on the mid-island Tuesday due to storm related outages, while northbound traffic on Hwy. 19 was gridlocked after a downed tree took out power lines, closing that section of the highway for several hours.
Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan told NanaimoNewsNOW this is the beginning of a series of storms packed with heavy wind and rain.
“The parade of storms is certainly on now, it won’t be a surprise to me if we have routine weekly or bi-weekly storms.”