Downed trees lead to road closure, power and telecom outages northwest of Agassiz

HARRISON/CHEHALIS/MORRIS VALLEY ROAD — Downed trees northwest of Agassiz have led to a road closure of Morris Valley Road, a BC Hydro outage, and a Telus outage impacting multiple telecom services.

Telus last reported on its website at 4 a.m. Tuesday morning that telecom services in Chehalis, Hemlock Valley and the surrounding area have been impacted. This includes Telus home phone, 9-1-1 landline, mobile (data, text and voice) cell services and 9-1-1 mobile.

Emergency Info BC reported at 4:52 p.m. Monday that 9-1-1 services in the Hemlock Valley, Harrison Mills and Chehalis were impacted likewise.

Image: Emergency Info BC / Telus service outage area.

BC Hydro’s online dashboard as of 8:25 a.m. Tuesday morning indicates that 324 hydro customers lost power at 2:57 p.m. Monday afternoon. Crews are on site, but there’s no ETA for when power might be restored.

Image: BC Hydro

Morris Valley Road remains closed for approximately 14.2 km due to debris on the roadway and downed hydro lines. An assessment is in progress. DriveBC’s website was last updated at about 4 a.m. early Tuesday morning.