Heavy rain, strong winds cause downed trees, power outages across southern Alberta

Heavy rain and strong winds made for some chaos across southern Alberta on Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, between 21 and 31 millimetres of rain had fallen in the Lethbridge region since Monday evening. "A single event is not going to be enough to bring our water levels up to where we want them to be," said Kathleen Sheppard, executive director of Environment Lethbridge. But it did contribute to a number of issues throughout southern Alberta. Winds in Lethbridge got up to 81 km/h, while open r