Weekend rain, snow bring power outages, highway closures to Manitoba
1000’s of individuals in Manitoba are with out energy and greater than a dozen freeway sections are closed early Sunday morning as a large weekend downpour — and, in some areas, snowfall — continues in elements of the province.
As of shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday, there have been over 800 energy outages that had been reported to Manitoba Hydro, the utility’s website says. These outages are estimated to have an effect on greater than 15,000 individuals.
A lot of the outages are in elements of southwestern Manitoba, from Winnipegosis right down to america border. One outage within the northern space round South Indian Lake and Nelson Home has left nearly 900 individuals with out energy.
Different outages are scattered throughout the southern half of the province, together with a handful reported in Winnipeg.
Anticipated restoration instances range, with some anticipated to be again on by late morning and others not till round 5 p.m., Hydro’s web site says.
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Greater than a dozen freeway closures are in impact Sunday morning as a consequence of “poor winter driving circumstances.” Full particulars might be discovered on the Manitoba 511 website.
In Winnipeg, the rain flooded a number of low factors and underpasses, stranding some drivers, metropolis police stated.
Northbound Route 90 between Dublin and Notre Dame was closed in a single day as a consequence of a collapsed roadway, the Winnipeg Police Service stated on Twitter shortly after midnight.
However simply after 3 a.m., police stated the road was partially open, and that metropolis crews have been nonetheless working to open different flooded intersections.
Southwest of Winnipeg, some are already seeing main overland flooding. The agricultural municipality of Stanley said in an update that individuals who want sandbags can choose them up on the public works store on Highway 25W, which for now can be open 24 hours a day.
Wind, snow, rain warnings
Extra climate alerts are additionally now in impact, with wind, winter storm, snowfall and rainfall warnings declared throughout southern and central elements of the province. Full particulars can be found on Environment Canada’s website.
Because the Colorado low system that is moved into Manitoba brings strengthening north winds on Sunday, the Portage la Prairie, Headingley, Brunkild and Carman areas are below wind warnings, Atmosphere Canada stated in an alert issued within the early morning.
Gusts of 90 km/h are anticipated, primarily north of the Trans-Canada Freeway.
A winter storm warning can be in impact for elements of the province as heavy snow with some blowing snow continues in these areas. However the depth of that snowfall is weakening and it is anticipated to be principally completed by noon or early afternoon, Atmosphere Canada stated.
The areas below the winter storm warning are:
- Virden-Souris.
- Dauphin-Russell-Roblin-Winnipegosis.
- Minnedosa-Using Mountain Nationwide Park.
- Ste. Rose-McCreary-Alonsa-Gladstone.
A snowfall warning is in impact for different elements of Manitoba, with 10 to twenty centimetres anticipated to fall. That snowfall also needs to taper off within the Interlake areas Sunday morning after which within the afternoon in areas east of Lake Manitoba.
Northerly winds gusting to 70 or 80 km/h are anticipated with that snow, which can result in diminished visibility with blowing snow in open areas within the Interlake area Sunday morning, Atmosphere Canada stated.
The areas below the snowfall warning are:
- Arborg-Hecla-Fisher River-Gypsumville-Ashern.
- Berens River-Little Grand Rapids-Bloodvein-Atikaki.
- Poplar River.
- Grand Rapids-Waterhen.
Lastly, rainfall warnings are in place for a number of elements of the province, although the quantity of rain anticipated varies by area.
In southern Manitoba, together with Winnipeg, a complete of between 30 and 60 millimetres of rain is anticipated to fall this weekend.
Rain with remoted thunderstorms will proceed Sunday morning, however a strengthening northerly wind will deliver down temperatures and switch rain to snow this morning, Atmosphere Canada stated. That snow will then taper off this afternoon or night, because the Colorado low leaves the world.
Wind gusts of 70 to 80 km/h will even weaken Sunday night. And there is solely as much as 5 centimetres of snow anticipated to build up, since a lot of it’ll soften when it hits the bottom.
The areas below that rainfall warning are:
- Metropolis of Winnipeg.
- Selkirk-Gimli-Stonewall-Woodlands.
- Dugald-Beausejour-Grand Seashore.
- Portage la Prairie-Headingley-Brunkild-Carman.
- Morden-Winkler-Altona-Morris.
- Bissett-Victoria Seashore-Nopiming Provincial Park-Pine Falls.
One other rainfall warning can be in place for the next areas:
- Steinbach-St. Adolphe-Emerson-Vita-Richer.
- Whiteshell-Lac du Bonnet-Pinawa.
- Sprague-Northwest Angle Provincial Forest.
The Colorado low is anticipated to deliver 25 to 50 millimetres to southeastern Manitoba this weekend.
The identical strengthening northerly wind will even flip rain to snow in these elements of the province, which can be anticipated to taper off Sunday night and see not more than 5 centimetres construct up.
