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B.C. Mother Killed by Falling Tree While Walking with Children, Police Say
A tree limb fell on a 27-year-old woman walking with her children during high winds reaching 66 km/h, causing her death in Island 22 Regional Park, police said.
- Last week, police say a 27-year-old woman from Chilliwack was killed by a falling tree limb during severe storms.
- Mounties said the weather was severe and unpredictable, with high winds and heavy rain; wind gusts of 66 kilometres per hour were recorded in Chilliwack as the storm system produced record rainfall and temperatures.
- Two nearby bystanders called 911 and cared for the woman while paramedics from BC Emergency Health Services attended, and the BC Coroners Service is investigating the death.
- Wind knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, and BC Hydro said by midday Tuesday only a few thousand remained without lights; DriveBC shows Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton closed and warns about Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon.
- Environment Canada warned of additional rainfall and extreme totals such as 163 millimetres in Zeballos, with high winds forecast starting late Tuesday and gusts reaching 100 kilometres an hour.
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