91原创 was one of the hardest hit communities after Sunday鈥檚 windstorm surged through the Lower Mainland.

As of 9 p.m. Sunday about 90,000 BC Hydro customers were left without power, 16,300 of them in 91原创.

Fortunately, by Monday morning power was restored to 97 per cent of customers impacted by the windstorm, the Crown corporation said in a 6:30 a.m. update.

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鈥淐rews have been working around-the-clock to restore power, replacing dozens of spans of power line as well power poles, transformers and cross-arms,鈥� BC Hydro explained.

As of 10 a.m. there were only two outages listed in 91原创, affecting fewer than five customers.

But Sunday told a very different story, said Dale Steeple assistant fire chief with the Township of 91原创.

鈥淥ur call volume yesterday was about doubled, but mainly in [the] Walnut Grove/Willoughby area due to the large power outage that happened around 11:30 a.m.,鈥� he said.

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Township crews responded to several alarm calls, and reports of wires and trees down.

Despite the higher-than-normal call volume, Township firefighters were able to spare a few crew members to assist 91原创鈥檚 neighbours to the west.

鈥淥ur Surrey dispatch centre was becoming overloaded with calls around [4 p.m.] when the second wave blew through,鈥� Steeple said. 鈥淲e began dispatching ourselves to assist them, but we were never stretched thin.鈥�

Crews have restored power to more than 97% of customers impacted by the that hit the , and on Sunday. Latest operational update:

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Resources in 91原创 City were also responding to the storm.

鈥淐ity of 91原创 only had three wires down calls in a four hour span, along with a couple of alarms calls that were likely power outage-related,鈥� said Scott Kennedy, deputy fire chief with the City.

BC Hydro said crews will continue to work throughout the day Monday to restore power to those still without.

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