Strong winds and heavy rain triggered landslides in the northern end of Vancouver Island early Friday morning.

A photo from BC Hydro shows trees, mud and debris scattered across a road in the Winter Harbour area between Holberg and Port Hardy.

Meanwhile, DriveBC warned of a road closure along Head Bay Road, about five kilometres away from Highway 28, between Gold River and Tahsis early Friday morning.

Shortly after 3 a.m., DriveBC said that Head Bay Road was completely closed because of the washout, and that no detour was available. It also said crews were on scene.

Around 7:15 a.m., Mainroad North Island Contracting said it had crews at the Head Bay Road landslide “performing tree and mudslide removal” and that it would try to have one lane open by Friday afternoon.

It also asked dri

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