Roads and highways in Saskatoon and area are a slippery mess as a snowfall warning remains in place for many parts of Saskatchewan.
According to the Highway Hotline, all highways in the Saskatoon area are slush covered with icy or slippery sections. Reduced visibility is also being reported.
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Saskatoon police are asking drivers to allow extra time to get to their destinations as roads are extremely slippery in the city.
City crews are currently working on clearing and salting Circle Drive and officials said the focus is keeping driving lanes open on high priority streets.
Power outages have been reported around Saskatoon due to snow, wind and ice.
According to city officials, there have been five main outages so far in Saskatoon, causing power interruptions to 12 neighbourhoods.
Power was restored by 8 a.m. local time to most of the affected neighourhoods.
A large swath of Saskatchewan remains under a snowfall warning as a major low pressure system continues to impact the province.
Snow is expected to continue throughout Wednesday before tapering off on Thursday, with another five to 10 centimetres expected in many of the warned areas.
In northern regions, 20 to 30 centimetres of snow is expected into Thursday.
Gusty northerly winds will reduce visibility.
READ MORE: Snow in southern Sask. will cause harvesting delays for farmers
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