WINNIPEG – Most of Manitoba is under an extreme cold warning on Wednesday morning.
The southern half of Manitoba and the northernwest are under extreme cold warnings as temperatures dropped below -30 C and wind chill values were lower than -40 overnight. Wind chill values dropped below -45 in much of northern Manitoba.
The cold prompted Brandon School Division to cancel its rural buses.
The temperature is forecast to warm up through the morning but the extreme wind chill values are expected to return Wednesday night.
Communities under an extreme cold warning are:
- Winnipeg
- Brandon, Carberry, Treherne
- Portage la Prairie, Headingley, Brunkild, Carman
- Steinbach, St. Adolphe, Dominion City, Vita, Richer
- Selkirk, Gimli, Stonewall, Woodlands, Eriksdale
- Morden, Winkler, Altona, Emerson, Morris
- Minnedosa, Neepawa, Russell, Riding Mountain National Park
- Virden, Souris
- Dugald, Beausejour, Grand Beach
- Killarney, Pilot Mound, Manitou
- Melita, Boissevain, Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
- Swan River, Duck Mountain, Porcupine Provincial Forest
- Dauphin, Roblin, Winnipegosis
- Sprague, Northwest Angle Provincial Forest
- Ste. Rose, McCreary, Alonsa, Gladstone
- Whiteshell, Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa
- Poplar River
- Grand Rapids
- Bissett, Nopiming Provincial Park, Pine Falls
- Arborg, Hecla, Fisher River, Gypsumville, Ashern
- Berens River, Little Grand Rapids, Bloodvein, Atikaki
- Gillam
- Shamattawa
- Tadoule Lake
- Norway House, Cross Lake, Wabowden
- Thompson, Nelson House, Split Lake
- Island Lake, Oxford House, Gods Lake
The extreme cold warning for Lynn Lake, Leaf Rapids andPukatawagan ended shortly after 10 a.m. The wind chill warning for Brochet ended at 1 p.m.
It was -23 C in Winnipeg at 1 p.m. with a wind chill of -35.
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