Thousands in Calgary hit by power outages during rain, wind storm
Global News
According to Enmax, communities in the northeast, northwest and southwest quadrants of the city were affected early in the afternoon.
Thousands of Calgarians found themselves without power Tuesday afternoon as rain continued to pelt the city under rain and wind warnings.
According to Enmax, communities in the northeast, northwest and southwest quadrants of the city were affected early in the afternoon. By 1:30 p.m., 7,100 customers across the city were hit by unplanned outages.
More than 4,200 customers in the communities of Altadore, Bankview, Cliff Bungalow, Elbow Park, Richmond, Scarboro, South Calgary and Upper Mount Royal had their lunches interrupted by an unplanned outage.
Some 1,500 people in the communities of Bridgeland/Riverside, Crescent Heights, Renfrew, Tuxedo Park, and Winston Heights/Mountview were hit by an outage also in the noon hour.
Nearly 2,000 people in Edgemont and Hawkwood in the northwest were without power midday, and the southern community of Lake Bonavista also reported power outages.
And areas around the University of Calgary, including Banff Trail, Collingwood, Brentwood and Charleswood also had power knocked out.
Enmax’s outage web portal has the latest power outages reported.
The city-owned utility did have one planned power outage in the community of Fairview, in which a transformer was scheduled to be replaced. That outage was expected to impact 30 customers and was resolved before 2 p.m.
