{"id":843452,"date":"2026-08-03T01:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843452\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T01:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:21:32","slug":"city-crews-prepare-as-wind-warning-issued-in-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843452\/","title":{"rendered":"City crews prepare as wind warning issued in Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Edmonton under a wind warning, city crews are preparing to clean up more fallen trees and branches from roads and sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a warning early Sunday morning saying up to gusts of up to 90 km\/h are expected.<\/p>\n<p>With recent heavy rainfall and saturated soils, trees may be more vulnerable to damage.. and there is risk of property damage.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a social media statement, the City says forestry crews, contractors and support crews are working across the city and ready to respond and will prioritize safety-critical calls first.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With the potential for strong winds today, there is a risk that additional trees and branches could fall.<\/p>\n<p>City forestry crews, contractors and Calgary support crews are working across the city and ready to respond. Crews are prioritizing safety-critical calls first, and will\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/89TFvbDiaP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/89TFvbDiaP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City of Edmonton (@CityofEdmonton) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CityofEdmonton\/status\/2083931888524177690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Edmonton under a wind warning, city crews are preparing to clean up more fallen trees and branches&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-843452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}