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Power restored in Banff after thunderstorm-related outage

The empty streets of Banff are seen as Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in the national parks and national historic sites in Banff, Alta., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. More than 400 people in Banff were without power after a thunderstorm on Monday afternoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh. JMC

More than 400 people in the town of Banff were temporarily without power after a Monday afternoon thunderstorm.

According to a tweet from Fortis Alberta, the outage started at around 12:58 p.m. While power was restored to parts of the town, crews continued to work to restore power in other areas.

Nearly two hours and twenty minutes after Fortis Alberta reported the outage, power returned to all of the homes affected.

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