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Reports: Two trains off rails amid 130 km/h gusts in Alberta


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Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 10:27 PM - The system that's set to dump significant rain across B.C. continues to bring damaging winds to Alberta.

Widespread wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h, with some reaching as high as 130 km/h, blasted southern and central Alberta Tuesday afternoon and evening, fanning wildfires and leaving some 10,000 customers without power.

Reports also surfaced on social media of multiple possible train derailments in Alberta; one near Trochu, and one near Wainwright.


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Environment Canada has issued wind warnings that stretch from the Rockies through to Winnipeg.

"Very strong southwesterly winds gusting between 100 and 130 km/h have developed in southern Alberta," says Environment Canada. "In central regions from Edmonton to Red Deer, northwesterly winds are beginning to strengthen with gusts of 90 to 100 km/h expected this evening. The strong gusty winds will continue eastward towards Lloydminster."

The winds in Alberta are expected to diminish west to east overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, though strong gusty winds will resume Wednesday afternoon for the southern Foothills. Saskatchewan's strong winds will die down through Wednesday morning, again west to east as the system tracks into Manitoba.


In Manitoba, things ramp up Wednesday and Thursday, with the strongest winds through the Interlake region and northward.

"Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur," Environment Canada says in a statement. "Loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage."

The upside for the eastern Prairies is that temperatures rise into the low 20s toward the end of the week as another warm front slides in.



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