Power back on for parts of Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., after strong winds brought down power lines
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Power has been restored to parts of Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., after strong winds knocked down power lines on Saturday.
Belinda Whitford, the chief operating officer at the Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) said the first outages began around 2 a.m. Saturday.
Power was restored shortly after by the local plant operator, she said, but power lines were taken down again several hours later when debris from a roof blew off a building, causing a community-wide outage.
The community was under blizzard and wind warnings for much of Saturday, with gusts above 90 km/h reported, though Environment Canada has since lifted those alerts.
Whitford said the local plant operator managed to partially restore power early Sunday morning to parts of the community, including at the airport, though it will still be some time before the situation is fully resolved.
“We have some things happening, but there is definitely some damage that we know of that will take a number of people in there to fix that,” Whitford said.
Whitford said they’re working on sending a charter to the community with powerline technicians, though she couldn’t say how long the repairs will take.
“We don’t think any poles are damaged or transformers, so that’s good news, but the crews will need to assess how much damage is done,” she said.
The health centre and school, which are equipped with power generators, have opened up as warming shelters.
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