UPDATE: Power restored in Kelowna

KELOWNA – Power has been restored to thousands who were left in the dark this afternoon.

The Fortis  BC website indicates that the lights went back on for the nearly 13,000 customers who were without power from downtown to Rutland, today, Sept. 30.

While the website said the cause is unknown, people in the blackout area have indicated a crash took out an area power transformer and that's causing difficulties.

Traffic lights at intersections throughout the city caused big backups.  Even Global Okanagan's evening news was knocked out by the power outage.

Check the Fortis website for an update.

Leathhead Road in Kelowna is seeing traffic backed up thanks to a power outage impacting traffic lights, Monday, Sept. 2019. Kathy Michaels

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Kathy Michaels

Kathy Michaels has been an Okanagan-based journalist for more than a decade, working for community papers along the valley and beyond.
She’s won provincial and national awards in business, news and feature writing and says that her love for telling a good story rivals only her fondness for turning a good phrase.
If you have a story that deserves to be told in a thoughtful and compassionate manner, don’t hesitate to reach out.
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