Strong winds early this morning throughout the region caused a wide range of power outages.
They include the Christina Lake area, Greater Trail, Castlegar, south of Nelson, in the Ymir and Salmo areas, and north of Vallican.
Power outages have also hit Creston and north through the valley to Crawford Bay and areas north of the Kootenay Bay ferry terminal.
District 20 schools closed because of outages are Rossland Summit School, Twin Rivers Elementary, the Castlegar Primary Campus, the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre in Castlegar, Stanley Humphries Secondary, and Fruitvale Elementary School.
District 8 schools closed are Jewett School, J.V. Humphries Elementary-Secondary School, Crawford Bay School, Canyon-Lister Elementary, Erickson Elementary, Adam Robertson Elementary, Homelinks, Kootenay River Secondary, Redfish Elementary, Salmo Elementary, Salmo Secondary, Winlaw Elementary and W.E. Graham Community School.
Fallen trees across roads resulted in closures on Highway 3 near the Bombi Summit, Highway 3B near the Nancy Greene summit, and Highway 3 near the Paulson Bridge.
