As power outages stretch into a fourth day in some Metro Vancouver municipalities, residents and businesses are being forced to throw out thousands of pounds of food.

At the Surrey Food Bank, the warehouse is dark and all of the fresh produce has spoiled, and what’s left in the cooler isn’t safe to give out.

“We’ve lost about 2,000 pounds of product and we threw away about $2,000 worth of dairy," said Feezah Jaffer.

But their services are needed now more than ever. As many area residents have been without power since Saturday, they’ve gone to the food bank after having to throw away the contents of their fridge.

“A lot of people coming, saying we never use you guys before but we lost all of our food,” said Jaffer. “We did give them emergency supplements.”

The tree that knocked out their transformer has been moved to the side, and volunteers here are doing what they can without power. It’s still getting out emergency hampers, though they’re a bit lighter because of the lack of fresh items.

As of Tuesday afternoon, BC Hydro reported 327 outages across the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast, with approximately 3,500 customers in the dark.  It expected the vast majority will be restored by 6 p.m.

BC Hydro says heavy rains in the past 15 hours have hampered restoration efforts, and several new outages have been reported.

The company says Saturday's windstorm is believed to be the single largest power outage event in the province's history.

Langley and Surrey residents say it’s been challenging to live without power for so long, but they’re finding their way around obstacles.

"You can't do anything. It's just nature,” said Belmira Pereira.

With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Nafeesa Karim