{"id":836061,"date":"2026-07-30T14:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836061\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:43:12","slug":"storm-downs-trees-leaves-thousands-without-power-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836061\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm downs trees, leaves thousands without power in Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thousands are without power and streets are littered with fallen trees and branches after a powerful storm ripped through southern Manitoba Wednesday night. <\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, around 30,000 customers were without power, according to a Manitoba Hydro spokesperson. Leaves and branches littered the streets and sidewalks, with some fallen trees on top of cars, fences and on power lines.<\/p>\n

“We’re assessing as many sites as we can and making them safe,” said Manitoba Hydro spokesperson Peter Chura, adding people should call 911 if they come across any downed power lines.<\/p>\n

“There’s lots of lines down, there’s lots of trees down on lines.”<\/p>\n

He said most of the outages are within Winnipeg and “radiating outward,” with maps showing outages in Portage la Prairie, Treherne and St. Adolphe. <\/p>\n

Winds reached 90 km\/h in Winnipeg on Wednesday night, according to Environment Canada. <\/p>\n

Many of the outages are in the southern parts of the city, including the neighbourhoods of Charleswood, Waverley Heights and St. Vital. <\/p>\n

Chura says with so many outages, it has yet to determine when power will be restored.<\/p>\n

“We’re assessing and making safe as many of the outages as we can, it also helps to identify areas where we can restore the most customers at one time.”<\/p>\n

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