Manitoba Hydro says tens of thousands still without power after storm
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WINNIPEG – Manitoba Hydro said power was still out for tens of thousands of customers on Thursday following a storm with heavy winds the night before.
The public utility said that as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday it had restored power to about 10,000 of the more than 30,000 customers that lost power.
Most of those outages were in the Winnipeg area, but they also extended westward and to the south.
Manitoba Hydro said because of the widespread outages across the city, it was still working on assessments and couldn’t say when power would be fully restored.
Environment Canada said Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport saw gusts up to 91 kilometres per hour.
It said Brandon was hit by peak winds of 133 kilometres per hour.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 30, 2026.