WINNIPEG – Residents around the city are cleaning up after Saturday’s storm.
Trees were uprooted and streets turned in to lakes as more than 87 mm of rain fell in some areas on Winnipeg.
Environment Canada said since the storm started late Friday, around 53 mm of rain fell at the airport and 71 mm near The Forks. There were other areas hit harder although those numbers were not readily available.
Since Saturday, there have been 133 calls about toppled trees to the city. The majority of those calls Saturday were from Transcona where two forestry crews were out working until around midnight. Sunday morning three more forestry crews were out working in multiple areas of the city.
At the height of the storm, more than 4,000 customers were without power, mainly in Transcona and St. Boniface. However, calls were coming in steadily overnight and in to the morning.
Manitoba Hydro added extra crews overnight to help restore power as quickly as possible and were continuing to work on restoring power Sunday morning. A spokesperson told Global News outages were continually being reported and their resources were being prioritized.
Damage and basement flooding should be reported to the city by calling 311.
As of 3:45 p.m. Sunday there were two reports of basement flooding filed. But there were a number of other issues being worked on.
3 catch basin covers off/ajar
18 catch basin blocked (back)
100 catch basin blocked (front)
35 sewer back up (clean)
13 sewer back up (raw sewage)
Outside of Winnipeg, Balsam Harbour was one of the hardest hit areas in the province. Around 118 mm of rain fell in that area. Environment Canada also received reports of baseball sized hail and major vehicle damage.
The area was also still dealing with more gale force winds as of early Sunday morning. The north part of Lake Winnipeg saw rising lake levels and some erosion. Winds in the area were gusting around 85 km/hr.
There is more wet and windy weather on the way for Sunday.
Another 5 to 10 mm of rain is expected within the city.
Winds will also play a significant role in the day with gusts expected to hit 70 km/hr.
Environment Canada said the low pressure system that caused the damage is slowly heading east out of the province.
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