>> THIS IS CTV NEWS WITH ME. >> A POWERFUL STORM BATTERS PARTS OF B.C. EXTREME WIND, A HIGH TIDE AND CRASHING WAVES, FORCING THE CLOSURE OF OGDEN POINT IN VICTORIA AND THE WHITE ROCK HERE. A STORM SURGE FLOODED STREETS IN OAK BAY, TONS OF THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER AS WINDS TOPPLED TREES ONTO
POWER LINES AND HOMES, FORCING SCHOOL CLOSURES. THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALSO CANCELLING A NUMBER OF FERRY SAILINGS BETWEEN THE ISLAND AND THE MAINLAND. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM THE WILD AND INTENSE WINTER STORM THAT TOOK A DIRECT AIM AT THE SOUTH COAST. GALE
FORCE WINDS AND AN EXTREME HIGH TIDE MADE FOR A CHAOTIC START TO THE DAY. SOME SAYING THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. CTV’S ROB BUFFAM BEGINS OUR STORM COVERAGE TONIGHT. >> MOTHER NATURE’S POWER WAS ON FULL DISPLAY IN GREATER VICTORIA. FIERCE WINDS BLASTING THE SHORELINE. HUGE WAVES CRASHING ON TO DALLAS ROAD.
>> LIGHT HOUSE FOR THE WEATHER. I WOULD SAY. I USED TO WORK AT THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER. THAT’S ON PAR. >> FOR SURE, THE SPECTACLE OF SHEER FORCE DREW A CROWD OF CURIOUS ONLOOKERS AND EXHILARATED STORM WATCHERS. >> WINDS GUSTING UP TO 90 KILOMETRES FLAG WARNING TO BRING ONTO THE SIDEWALK AT
>> THE CONDITIONS LEAVING A TRAIL OF DEBRIS AND DEPOSITING A WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A ROADWAY IS. >> GETS UP OVER THE WATER. WAY THAT DOESN’T IN THE ROAD. >> THE HARBOUR AUTHORITY SHUT DOWN THE NEARBY OGDEN POINT BREAKWATER DEEMING IT TOO DANGEROUS. BIG SERVE PUMMELLING THE POPULAR PATHWAY.
>> BLOWING OVER IS VERY UNSTABLE >> THE REMARKABLE CONDITIONS AND MASSIVE WAVES CAUSED BY A RARE COMBINATION. A LOW PRESSURE, HIGH WINDS AND AMONGST THE HIGHEST TIDES OF THE YEAR CALLED THE SPRING OR IN KING TIDE. >> IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PERFECT STORM WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE
PRESSURE, THE WIND. AND OF COURSE, THE TIMING OF THE TIDE. >> THOSE HIGH TIDES AND WAVES ROCKING HOUSEBOATS DOWN AT FISHERMAN’S WORK. I MEAN, AND THEN THINGS GET SO AND WREAKING HAVOC IN OAK BAY, WHERE BEACH DRIVE ALONG MCNEILL BAY WAS >> DESPITE THE SHEER FORCE OF THE STORM. NO MAJOR DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED DESPITE LOCALIZED FLOODING, TOMORROW’S TIDES EXPECTED TO BE EVEN HIGHER. BUT
Mother Nature’s power was on full display in Greater Victoria Tuesday, when fierce winds blasted the shoreline and huge waves crashed onto Dallas Road.
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