A Barge Has Crashed Into Vancouver's Seawall As Strong Winds Cause More Power Outages

The chaos continues 🌊

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The relentless B.C. storm picked up wind Monday afternoon, so much so that a massive barge crashed into the seawall.

It looked like a scene from a movie, the barge towering over onlookers with

People pulled out their phones as the barge on the loose slammed into the wall.

The City of Vancouver closed Burrard Bridge, which was close to where the barge crashed, just in case it kept going on a path of destruction.

The chaos that the rain and wind storm caused over the past couple of days was pretty wild overall.

People around B.C. lost power last night, as BC Hydro warned earlier in the day.

As of Tuesday morning, there are still outages in Central Interior, Lower Mainland, Okanagan, Thompson, and Vancouver Island South.

The outages were caused by fallen trees, heavy wind and rain, flooding, and even snow, according to the BC Hydro website.

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    Morgan Leet (she/her) is an Editor for Narcity Media Group. After graduating from Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, she jumped into fulfilling her dream as a journalist, merging her passion for travelling with writing. She got her start working in the print media world on Canada’s East Coast, then joined Narcity with a move to B.C., leading the launch of West Coast coverage. Her focus now is managing a large group of freelance writers, bringing human-forward and opinion content to the site.

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