Just over 500 FortisBC customers remain without power following a ferocious windstorm that ripped through the Kootenays and South Okanagan on Wednesday morning. The company says at the peak of the outages, about 26,000 customers were affected. Line crews have been working to restore electricity ever since. “We’ll be working throughout the day to repair damage and restore power as safely and as quickly as they can,” the company’s Holly Harrison said at noon today. “Crews have been really working around the clock, making sure they’re supported, making sure customers are safe,” Harrison said.