‘Bomb cyclone’ hits B.C. coast, cutting roads and power [Video]

VANCOUVER –

Massive trees toppled onto roads, power lines and parked cars as hurricane-force winds battered the B.C. coast during an intense “bomb cyclone” weather event.

At its peak, the massive storm caused power outages affecting some 270,000 homes and businesses across the province, and forced the closure of several highways and roads.

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South of the border, a woman died after a tree toppled onto a homeless encampment in the community of Lynnwood, Wash.

Videos and images posted to social media show tree trunks and other debris littering roads on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, including along the Stanley Park Causeway connecting Vancouver with the North Shore. 

At least one tree also fell onto a home overnight, crashing into a family’s living room in Port Coquitlam.

Neighbour Joe Cote, whose house was struck by the same tree, said …