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Highway 1 lane scheduled to reopen at 1 a.m., rainfall warning
continues
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Water had risen over the road in the Kin Coulee dip and Volker Stevin
drained it out.
A rainfall warning remained in place late Tuesday for much of
southeastern Alberta, extending into the southwest corner of
Saskatchewan.
Widespread rainfall totals of 40 to 70 mm are expected by the time the
rain tapers off on Wednesday, according to Environment Canada.
The single day rainfall record for Medicine Hat is 40.1 millimetres,
set in May 1901.
Alberta Environment is monitoring the storm, but notes rainfall is
expected to relatively moderate, giving the soil time to absorb higher
amounts of precipitation, leading to less water in streams and a
slower increase in water levels.
Soil moisture is generally low to near normal, except in a small area
of the Cypress Hills, where soil moisture is normal to high.
But it's not as high as in past years when flooding has occurred.
A total of 31.27 millimetres of rain has fallen on Medicine Hat
between 12 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday
## Power restored
Power was restored to all customers after a "weather related" outage
hit Medicine Hat on Tuesday morning, according to city officials.
> Thank you to the community, and the residents who lost power, for
> your patience and for your words of encouragement for the staff out
> in the field working in less than ideal conditions. We expect this
> to be the final update.
>
> — City of Medicine Hat (@medicinehatcity) May 7, 2024
The outage impacted about 1,200 customers in the Scholten Hill area,
including parts of Crestwood, the South River Flats, the Southeast
Hill, Norwood, Connaught and into Southridge.
At 6:05 a.m., the city reported Sholten Hill was closed to traffic to
allow city crews space to repair some downed power lines.
Just less than two hours later, the city said all power was restored
with the hill remaining closed while crews repaired the damage.
At 9:21 a.m., the city said 1,201 customers were once again without
power as "additional challenges" were discovered.
In an update at 9:45 a.m., the city said it has identified and
isolated the latest concern and estimated that power will be restored
slowly over the next few hours as crews redirect electricity around
the problem area.
The city said all power was restored to customers in what it expected
to be a final update at 1:07 p.m.
Medicine Hat College said early Tuesday it had lost power, closing the
Medicine Hat campus. The Brooks Campus remains open but with limited
IT services due to the outage.
The college around 11:30 a.m. said its Medicine Hat campus would be
closed for the rest of the day and that power remains down.
Following the restoration of power, the college will remain closed
until it can ensure that there are no health and safety risks, it said
in a statement.
The college said it would share another update at 4 p.m.
Residents who come across a downed power line the city of Medicine Hat
are asked to remain at least 10 meters away, and always give utility
crews space to do their work.
by Brian Konrad, Eli J. Ridder
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