14,000 still without power after snowstorm in Interior, BC Hydro says

There are still morethan 14,000 customers without power after a snowstorm in the central and southern Interior on Wednesday, according to BC Hydro.

The snowstorm damaged hydro infrastructure, leavinghundreds of thousands of customers without power.

The utility says the hardest hit communities are Salmon Arm,Vernon, Kamloops, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.

By Wednesday afternoon, BC Hydro was able to restore power to more than 100,000 customers, but were working on restoring power to another 200,000.

On Thursday morning, power outages continued to affect more than 14,000 customers in those areas.

Crews have been brought in from other parts of the province in order to restore power. Some were called back from vacationto help.

Heavy snow and poor road conditions continue tocreatechallenges for BC Hydro crews, whoare working to repairmore than 130 spans of wire and damage to poles, cross-arms and transformers.