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White Rock residents clean up after devastating storm

Residents in White Rock, B.C. joined city crews at the city's beach Saturday to help clean up in the aftermath of a powerful storm.

The pier remains closed off and could take months to rebuild

A boat that washed ashore at White Rock beach during a powerful storm on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)

Residents in White Rock, B.C. joined city crews at the city's beach Saturday to help cleanupin the aftermath of a powerful storm.

The damaged White Rock pier. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)

Boats and debris were scattered along the shore at White Rock beach following Thursday's storm that destroyed parts of the community's beloved pier.

Most of the boats that slammed into the pier and shore are owned bymembers of the Lower Mainland Yacht Co-op

A look at the damaged White Rock pier a day after a powerful windstorm ripped it apart. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)

On Saturday, John Mitchell worked to dismantle a boat named the White Swan, which had been moored at the end of the pier along with others.

"It swung around and the boats were adrift, and eventually it punched a hole through the pier, and now they've ended up on shore," Mitchell said.

One of the boats that washed ashore during a powerful storm in White Rock on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)

Yacht co-op members salvaged rope, life jackets, and onesix-metremast. The city dispatched trucks to collect other debris, while onlookershelped out.

The pier remains closed off and could take months to rebuild. Train tracks along the shore also needed repairs.

City staff areurging people to stay away from sections of the promenade.

White Rock resident Lynda Honing says the pier is one of the most significant landmarks in the city. (Jon Hernandez/CBC)

For Lynda Honing, the hole in the pier has left a hole in her heart as her great, great grandfather helped build the century-old landmark.

"People walk the pier every day," Honingsaid. "It's part of peoples' lifestyle, it's part of their morning routine, it's their walk, it's their run, it's where people get proposed to, they have the dinners out here. It is our community."

With files from Jon Hernandez.