Updated 2:02 p.m.
The timing for the reopening of Highway 101 in Halfmoon Bay is uncertain.
Halfmoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ryan Daley confirmed in an email that the highway is closed at Redrooffs and there is no way to access Pender Harbour or Halfmoon Bay from Sechelt (or vice versa), and Redrooffs has many trees down and is shut down.
"They are saying a few hours but can’t be sure how much time it will take," said Daley.
BC Transit has also updated alerts for its Sechelt/Langdale ferry route, with service affecting Beach Road, as well as, Cowrie, Flume, Lower, King, Chaster, Pratt Gower Point, Dougall, Headlands, Franklin, Forbes, Veterans Johnson Roads, as well as Gibsons Way, Highway 101 and Marine Drive.
The number of people without power on the Coast has grown to nearly 12,000.
Updated 1:42 p.m.
Kody Raymond, an administrator on the Halfmoon Bay Fire Department Facebook page posted at about 1 p.m., "Please be advised that Highway 101 on the Sechelt side of HMB is closed in both directions. Redrooffs road is currently closed at Cove Beach in both directions as well. This is all due to trees down on power lines due to the storm. Will be advising when either way is open again."
Updated 1:30 p.m.
BC Transit has alerts active for its Halfmoon Bay and West Sechelt routes, affecting service to Cowrie, Teredo, Norwest Bay, Mason, Shorncliffe, Redrooffs, Evans, Lohn, Fawn, Southwood roadways and Highway 101.
Updated 1:15 p.m.
DriveBC says Highway 101 remains closed in both directions at Redrooffs Road. There's a tree on the road and downed hydro lines.
Updated 1 p.m.
A resident of Mason Road in West Sechelt, Lithena Gibson, said her backyard is full of trees that have come down. It was about 11 a.m. when the power went out and the rains started pounding down, so she was looking out the window. "All of a sudden it sounded like there was a freaking train coming through...the trees, and then all these trees started falling," said Gibson. "I couldn't decipher what trees were falling. There were so many trees coming down.
"Then smash crack...[a tree] landed on the roof." Luckily, the tree just dented the railing and Gibson and her husband were OK, though shaken up.
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Several trees fell at Lithena Gibson's Mason Road home during the Nov. 4 storm. . Lithena GibsonUpdated 12:47
Sechelt Fire Department said it is still being determined how long the roads will be closed. Falling trees have hit at least two houses in Sechelt this morning and there are many low-hanging power lines and telephone lines knocked loose. As such residents are advised to be cautious wherever they go today and keep an eye out for downed lines or snagged branches that could fall.
Several departments are out working to restore conditions including The District of Sechelt, BC Hydro, Capilano Highway Services, Sechelt Fire Department, Halfmoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department and more.
Updated 12: 24 p.m.
DriveBC reports downed hydro lines at Redrooffs Road with an update to come at 1 p.m.
Updated 12:19 p.m.
Sunshine Coast RCMP report on Facebook: "Sunshine Coast highway closed east of Redroofs leaving Sechelt due to multiple trees down. Expect major delays."
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District of Sechelt reports on Facebook that Highway 101 is closed in two locations:
Near Norwest Bay Road, with a detour up one of the roads between Mason and Norwest, then and down Norwest Bay.
The highway is also closed at Redrooffs with the entrance to Redrooffs closed
The BC Hydro outage map also reports widespread power outages in Secret Cove, Halfmoon Bay, Sechelt, Tuwanek, Wilson Creek, Roberts Creek, Gibsons and Port Mellon, affecting nearly 10,000 customers.
