{"id":9978,"date":"2015-07-12T18:04:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T23:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9978"},"modified":"2015-07-12T18:04:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T23:04:49","slug":"calgary-thunderstorm-causes-power-outages-flooding-in-chestermere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9978","title":{"rendered":"Calgary thunderstorm causes power outages, flooding in Chestermere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Calgary thunderstorm causes power outages, flooding in Chestermere<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Lightning advisory that grounded all flights at Calgary airport now lifted<\/strong><\/p>\n

People in Calgary woke up with a bang early Sunday morning as a line of thunderstorms hovered over the city, bringing lightning, power outages and overland flooding in communities to the east.<\/p>\n

As the storms moved\u00a0eastward, severe thunderstorm warnings issued by Environment Canada remained\u00a0in\u00a0effect\u00a0for Red Deer, Ponoka, Innisfail and Stettler by 3 p.m. MT. An earlier storm\u00a0warning for Calgary was cancelled at\u00a09:40 a.m. MT.<\/p>\n

“Meteorologists are tracking a dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing up to penny size hail and flooding rain,” the agency said on its\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Thunderstrom watches \u2014 the agency’s less urgent category of alert\u00a0\u2014 were still in effect\u00a0for much of the southeastern part of the province by late afternoon.<\/p>\n