Parts of B.C. remained under a snowfall warning on Monday after a storm dumped between 30 and 50 centimetres of snow on some regions Sunday.

Driving was trecherous Monday morning, with a number of accidents reported.
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Tens of thousands of people are without power on Monday in parts of Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island after the snow broke branches and B.C. Hydro lines.

Many schools are closed across B.C.'s south coast, while schedule disruptions are continuing at Vancouver International Airport.

The snowfall, which was blamed for at least one traffic death, caused flight delays and cancellations at airports on Sunday.

Driving was treacherous during the Monday morning commute, but main roads were reported to have good winter driving conditions.

Driving winds and blowing snow created whiteout conditions overnight on the Trans-Canada and Coquihalla highways, and the Interior is in a deep freeze.

Wind-chill warning

Environment Canada is also warning of wind-chill factors as low as minus 46 C in the Peace region of northeastern B.C. and minus 38 C in Prince George. At those temperatures, Environment Canada says people should be careful as frostbite can happen very quickly.

The storm dumped between 30 and 50 centimetres of snow onto the ground.
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The weather system that dumped large amounts of snow on B.C. is headed to the southern Prairie provinces, CBC's Colleen Jones reported in Abbotsford.

"The cold air is causing problems for B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan," Jones said.

Early on Monday, Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for southeastern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan and a winter storm watch for southwestern Manitoba.

B.C.'s snowfall comes shortly after heavy rains that led to widespread flooding and numerous power outages in southwestern B.C.

With files from the Canadian Press