Updated Tuesday @ 9am.
At around 1:30pm Monday Afternoon, a major system touch down around the Kenora area affecting the Manitoba Boarder including Shoal Lake 39 and Ingolf all the way east including Clearwater Bay, Kenora, Laclu, Keewatin, Longbow Lake areas among other spots.
Meterologists are saying that around 90mm of rain touchdown yesterday and reports say that 50mm of rain fell in just one hour with around 90mm to 100mm touching down in total which was a significant cause for the flooding
According to Environment Canada about 5-6 emergency alerts hit TV’s Radios and Cellphones with Tornados touching down in our mobile coverage area. We will update you as soon as we hear back from Environment Canada on the location of these tornados and if there is any damage from Tornados.
Heavy winds knocked down trees and power lines in the areas and created no visibility in some areas during the time of the down pour.
POWER SHOULD BE RESTORED: Power Outages affected more than 2,000 hydro one customers are still in effect from yesterdays storm.. Crews are saying power should be back on 12pm for most areas at the latest at the time of this broadcast. This includes Shoal Lake 39, Clearwater Bay, Parts of Wauzhushk Onigum and surrounding areas. Laclu and Winnipeg River customers should expect their power to come back on around 4pm today.
Localized flooding affected many roadways yesterday including HWY 17 infront of Dingwall Ford, 9th Street North, Bernier Drive, Transmitter Roads, Brinkman Road, and Golf Course Roads are also heavily flooded as well as other area in and around Kenora.
Localized flooding was kept to a minimum on Wauzhushk Onigum Nation with First Portage seeing lots of roads and driveways washing out. O+M crews on Rat Portage are working today to clear trees, grate and fix roads and to clean up the mess of Monday’s storm.
