A strong windstorm hit the Edmonton area again on Saturday, October 17.
Gusts reached 90 to 100 km/h. The airport logged a 98 km/h gust.
A sharp cold front crossed Alberta on Saturday afternoon and drove the winds.
Temperatures could plunge up to 10 C in a single hour in central Alberta.
This was the second windstorm in four days for Alberta.
A storm on Wednesday, October 14, brought gusts up to 90 km/h.
At the peak, 15,000 Fortis customers lost power on Wednesday.
The outage closed two advance voting sites. Voting resumed on Thursday.
Strong gusts snap branches. Branches fall on power lines and break them.
Epcor listed 11 separate outages in Edmonton. Keep fridge and freezer doors shut.
Treat every fallen line as live. Treat dark traffic signals as four-way stops.
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