Blizzard, blowing snow close highways in southern Manitoba
CBC
Several highways are closed Friday morning amid blowing snow advisories and blizzard warnings in southern Manitoba, while frigid temperatures grip the northern half of the province.
Blizzard warnings are in effect in south-central Manitoba, including areas near the Canada-U.S. border where a group of protesters began demonstrating Thursday against pandemic restrictions and a federal vaccine mandate for truckers.
Environment Canada said highway conditions are expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility.
The agency warns drivers to slow down, watch for tail lights ahead of them and be prepared to stop. If you get stranded, stay in your vehicle until conditions improve, Environment Canada says.
Blizzard warnings are in effect for the following places:
Conditions are expected to improve through the morning, but the following highways remain closed:
Meanwhile, wind gusts in the 60 to 80 km/h range, paired with blowing snow, led to blowing snow advisories in Winnipeg and surrounding areas.
Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduce visibility.
Environment Canada says though strong winds may diminish through the morning Friday, expect below seasonal temperatures to persist through the south into next week.
Blowing snow advisories are in effect on Friday for:
Environment Canada also extended extreme cold warnings on Friday that were originally issue Thursday in the north.
Temperatures are expected to drop close to –40 C along with wind gusts of 10 to 20 kilometres an hour that may produce wind chill in the –45 to –55 range.
Conditions may improve in some parts of the north on Friday but Environment Canada says to expect bitterly cold temperatures to persist through most of the weekend in the northernmost regions.
As of early Friday morning, the following areas were under extreme cold warnings:
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