May long weekend weather looks to outshine last year
Highs in the 20s, sunny skies and southerly winds. Manitoba doesn't always have a such a nice forecast for the Victoria Day long weekend. Check out the footage we found of past May longs we'd all like to forget.
Southern Manitoba appears to hit the May long weekend weather jackpot this year
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Hydro swamped with 2,400 calls overnight about downed lines, outages
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Manitoba Hydro says the majority of Winnipeggers affected by outages can expect to have their power turned back on by 6 p.m. Monday, although some outages may still occur.
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Highs in the 20s, sunny skies and southerly winds. Sure there's a chance of a thunderstorm or two, but Manitoba doesn't always have such a summery forecast for the Victoria Day long weekend.
What Queen's Park Crescent in Winnipeg looked like last year. (Courtney Rutherford/CBC)
Last year was a different story, when storms raged through much of southern Manitoba, taking down trees and hydro lines. Temperatures were so chilly parts of the province even got snow.
No one was suntanning during Victoria Day in 2009.