Coastal British Columbia will experience strong winds overnight with gusts reaching speeds between 90 and 110 kilometers per hour.

Environment Canada’s warnings cover the Greater Victoria area, southern Gulf Islands, eastern Vancouver Island, southern Metro Vancouver and Haida Gwaii.

The weather bureau says most areas will experience winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour before conditions improve Saturday morning, while winds on Haida Gwaii could peak at 110 kilometers per hour.

The warnings come a week after a river weather system inundated British Columbia’s coast, triggering a mudslide and local flooding that killed at least three people.

Ian MacDonald of Coquitlam Search and Rescue said the team is intensifying its search for Robert Belding, 59, after a witness reported seeing him fall into the swollen Coquitlam River on Sunday while trying to to save a dog.

The District of North Vancouver is still cleaning up after receiving 350 millimeters of rain last weekend, but it has lifted an evacuation order for six properties in the Deep Cove neighborhood, issuing a statement saying crews have completed work to address hazards created by “extreme precipitation.” “.

A statement from the district says hazards may still be present at properties and owners are encouraged to “exercise due diligence.”

The district issued the order last Sunday after assessments revealed that a potential failure of private infrastructure could pose a risk to public safety.

More rain is expected in the region this weekend, but Ken Dosanjh, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says it will be “nothing” compared to the last storm, and will come as a series of “pulses” rather than an atmospheric river.

Rain last weekend caused a mudslide in Coquitlam that swept away a house, killing the woman inside it, and two other people died on the west coast of Vancouver Island when a road was swept away by the waters and carried their vehicles into a swollen river.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published October 25, 2024.

Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press