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

LETHBRIDGE –

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 roads saw gusts of 90 km/h.

The Taber Fire Department was kept busy responding to a large tree that had blown over and struck a power line around the lunch hour.

No injuries were reported.

In Medicine Hat, more than 1,000 people were without power.

About 1,200 customers were without power in the Scholten Hill area early this morning.

The City of Medicine Hat says the rainy weather …