Active AlertsPangnirtung

Strong winds that may cause damage are expected.

Hazard: Wind gusts up to 90 km/h are expected with gusts up to 100 km/h possible.

Timing: Easterly downslope winds will continue for Pangnirtung today. These severe winds are expected to diminish by Saturday evening.

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Local utility outages are possible. Damage to roofs, fences, branches or soft shelters is possible.

Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NUstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on X using #NUStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.

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