{"id":765658,"date":"2026-07-16T05:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/765658\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T05:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:26:19","slug":"heavy-thunderstorms-expected-to-linger-across-the-avalon-until-early-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/765658\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Thunderstorms Expected to Linger Across the Avalon Until Early Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thunder-and-lightning-storm-st-johns-july-30-2025.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Heavy Thunderstorms Expected to Linger Across the Avalon Until Early Evening\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms are moving across the Avalon Peninsula with torrential rain in the heaviest downpours causing water buildup on the roads. <\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada earlier today issued a weather alert for many parts of the province. <\/p>\n<p>It covers the Avalon Peninsula, Burin Peninsula, central Newfoundland and parts of the west coast. <\/p>\n<p>Up to 30 to 40mm of rain an hour could fall in the heaviest downpours. <\/p>\n<p>The storms are expected to linger through the early evening before finally moving offshore. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the power is out in St. Mary\u2019s Bay, caused by a lightning strike. <\/p>\n<p>Power outages are also being reported on the Burin Peninsula. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newfoundlandpower.com\/en\/Outages\/Outage-Centre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newfoundland Power<\/a> is investigating the cause of those outages affecting Winterland, Marystown, and a number of other areas. <\/p>\n<p>Original Story:<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued an alert for severe thundershowers on a large chunk of the island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=47.558,-52.717\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The yellow watch covers<\/a> the Avalon Peninsula, Burin Peninsula, central Newfoundland and parts of the west coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/environment-canada.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304328\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/environment-canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-304328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(via Environment Canada)<\/p>\n<p>In areas where the storms do materialize, expect very heavy rain \u2013 about 30-40mm an hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/severe-thunder-and-lightning-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/severe-thunder-and-lightning-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-304329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map from Environment Canada showing where the severe thunderstorm watches are in effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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