Alberta Canada survives from blizzard but highways are still under snow. Telephones including landlines and mobiles are not working properly and internet is erratic is most of the parts of blizzard hit areas.
A heavy blizzard that hit Alberta is almost over and the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Brooks reopened on Tuesday afternoon, after a lengthy closure, but a number of highways remain closed.
TransCanada Highway east of Calgary, from Stoney Trail to Highway 36 near Brooks, has been closed for an undetermined length of time due to the weather.
Highway 3 at Crowsnest Pass at the B.C.-Alberta border was closed Monday morning because of poor driving conditions, officials said.
Highway 16 reopened to traffic around 4 p.m. on Monday after being closed due to a collision involving 10 cars.
The blizzard that hit Calgary may be over, but residents are now left to dig themselves out from the mounds of snow left in the storm’s wake. The city declared a snow route parking ban would begin Wednesday morning at 9 a.m., which would allow crews to begin cleaning up Calgary roads.
The parking ban is the first of this season and only the fifth issued in the last three winters. City officials estimate Wednesday’s ban will affect about 60,000 people across Calgary.
Warning is as follow:
An intense winter storm continues to affect portions of Southern Alberta. The storm began in Northwestern Alberta Sunday morning spreading southeastwards to Lethbridge early Monday morning.
Blizzard conditions were observed throughout portions of Central and Southern Alberta on Monday.
The following is a summary of weather event information received by Environment Canada. Note that this storm is still ongoing in Southern Alberta and that reliable accumulations are difficult To obtain in heavy blowing snow. Amounts will be adjusted accordingly as more snowfall reports are received.
Location snow accumulation (in centimetres) Pincher Creek 40 /as of 5 PM Monday/ Brooks 32 /as of 10 AM Tuesday/ Beaverlodge 31 Irvine 30 Lethbridge 30 Springbank 29 Spirit River 26 Condor 26 Horburg 20 Carway 25 Red Deer 22 Pekisko 22 Grande Prairie 20-25 Holden 18 Airdrie 17 Rainbow Lake 15 Edson 15 Calgary intl arpt 14 Barrhead 11 Edmonton 15-20 Sherwood Park 24-28 Kananaskis village 10 /as of 5 PM Monday/ Peace River 10 Suffield 7
Strongest winds were reported through the Drumheller, Brooks and Lethbridge regions. These winds combined with snow to give Blizzard conditions. Peak wind gusts reported with the storm Include:
Location wind gust (km/h) Beisker 87 Hand hills 81 Strathmore 80 Bassano 80 Del Bonita 70 Lethbridge 69
