Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Strong winds that may cause damage are expected.

What: Winds southeast 70 gusting to 90 km/h.

When: Late this afternoon to early this evening.

Where: Metro Vancouver - southwest including Richmond and Delta, Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley, Southern Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast

Remarks: A frontal system will move across the Inner South Coast today bringing strong winds to areas near the water.  Winds are forecast to rise to southeast 70 gusting to 90 km/h late this afternoon over southern sections of Metro Vancouver near the Strait of Georgia, especially Tsawwassen and Boundary Bay. Southeasterly winds of 70 gusting to 90 km/h are also expected for the Southern Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. 

Winds will ease early this evening will the passage of the front.

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Local utility outages are possible. Damage to roofs, fences, branches or soft shelters is possible.

Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #BCStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.