The first day of winter doesn’t come until Dec. 21, but for many parts of Manitoba and Northwest Ontario, it feels like it has arrived.
Weather warnings had been issued all across the southern part of the province, from Dauphin and Swan River to the Whiteshell, from Brandon to Steinbach.
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A special weather statement was also issued for the greater Winnipeg area, including Selkirk, Gimli, Stonewall and Beausejour.
Manitoba Roads reported the weather had caused problems on roadways and cautioned motorists to slow down and adjust for weather conditions.
Manitoba RCMP warned that Highway 52 between St-Pierrie-Joly and Steinbach had “near zero visibility” with multiple semis in the ditch on Thursday afternoon.
Daniel Rau was one of the drivers who struggled to keep his car on the road. He said he lost complete control.
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“I was driving down the road and all of a sudden I kind of lost control. The slush pulled me in and the wind pushed me over,” Rau said.
Meanwhile, Manitoba Hydro crews dealt with outages across the region Thursday morning and into the afternoon.
Bruce Owen with Manitoba Hydro said at the height of the outages there were more than 6,000 people without power across the province.
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