Photos from Metro Vancouver's first major snowfall of the season
Flurries arrived just in time for the holidays
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One of the first big snowfalls of the season hit the South Coast on Tuesday.
The quick blast of flurries caused traffic problems, school closures, airport delays and power outages — but aside from the mayhem, the snow also coated neighbourhoods for most of the morning.
Here are some of your photos and videos.
And in Ladner <a href="https://t.co/8aQsC7Lag1">pic.twitter.com/8aQsC7Lag1</a>
—@GoldenMeanSail
It's a winter wonderland in Dunbar too: <a href="https://t.co/583Uzy6hhs">pic.twitter.com/583Uzy6hhs</a>
—@SJDJ
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Not much, but still pretty. Just over a centimetre ❄️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SurreyBC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SurreyBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrueSurrey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrueSurrey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bcstorm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bcstorm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/snow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#snow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCsnow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BCsnow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/greentimbers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#greentimbers</a> <a href="https://t.co/lkaF4RgqFR">pic.twitter.com/lkaF4RgqFR</a>
—@Kylem87
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10cm and still snowing heavily in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Parksville?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Parksville</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bcstorm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bcstorm</a> <a href="https://t.co/MWxj8eBhRv">pic.twitter.com/MWxj8eBhRv</a>
—@ParksvilleWX
Anyways it’s Snowing on the West Coast and I love it 😊<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCStorm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BCStorm</a> <a href="https://t.co/kZd8jjCxi7">pic.twitter.com/kZd8jjCxi7</a>
—@fivefortweeting
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