A massive spring storm hit southeastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, leaving a trail of destruction in its path..The storm flooded basements, closed highways, and caused widespread power outages..Some parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been without power for over a day and a half..Wind gusts up to 90 km/h and the weight of snow and icicles downed hydro poles..In Manitoba, the storm brought up to 70 mm of rain and 3 cm of snow. In Saskatchewan, there was around 20 cm of snow..There’s a delay in fixing the power outages because of the flooded and messy road conditions. Crews are having trouble getting to some of the most affected areas with significant flooding..As of Monday at 10 a.m., over 12,000 SaskPower customers in the southeast and about 9,600 Manitoba Hydro customers were still without power..“Crews are currently conducting a comprehensive damage assessment following a powerful spring storm that hit the province’s southeast corner,” said a SaskPower press release..“High winds and precipitation have caused significant damage in the region, knocking power out to customers from as far southeast as the US-Manitoba border and as far north as the Broadview area.”.School buses were cancelled in southern Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan for Monday..More snow is expected on Wednesday..Chris Oldcorn is a Western Standard Reporter based in Regina.,coldcorn@westernstandard.news,Twitter: @chrisoldcorn,.Parler: @chrisoldcorn
