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    Lower mainland residents wake up to snow on Tuesday morning

    Ish Sharma Darpan, 31 Jan, 2023 12:34 PM
    • Lower mainland residents wake up to snow on Tuesday morning

    Lower mainland residents woke up to snow on Tuesday morning however it wasn't anything like the deep freeze of December. 

    Snow created slick conditions on the roads and caused delays for commuters in traffic. There were also crashes on many routes of Vancouver and South of the Fraser. Cars got stuck up the hill and there were major delays in transit throughout the day.

    National Police for Burnaby and the local police for Abbotsford also gave everyone aheads up on driving safe and exercising caution on the roads.

    Cloudy conditions remain with more snow predicted in the forecast for Wednesday.

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