In pictures: One stormy night in June Posted: Last Modified: Updates

Torrential rains and high winds walloped southern Manitoba on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, causing flooding, power outages and widespread property damage.

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Torrential rains and high winds walloped southern Manitoba on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, causing flooding, power outages and widespread property damage.

A driver stops on Highway 12 in the RM of Ste. Anne to watch swirling storm clouds Tuesday afternoon. (Svjetlana Mlinarevic / The Carillon)
A driver stops on Highway 12 in the RM of Ste. Anne to watch swirling storm clouds Tuesday afternoon. (Svjetlana Mlinarevic / The Carillon)
A storm front moves through the skies north of Killarney on Tuesday evening. (Supplied)
A storm front moves through the skies north of Killarney on Tuesday evening. (Supplied)
People run for cover during stormy conditions on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)
People run for cover during stormy conditions on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)
People run for cover during storm conditions on Portage Avenue Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

People run for cover during storm conditions on Portage Avenue Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

A large storm cloud looms in the sky near Dugald Tuesday evening. (Mike Sudoma/Free Press)
A large storm cloud looms in the sky near Dugald Tuesday evening. (Mike Sudoma/Free Press)
Heavy clouds were seen over Winnipeg as a storm rolled into southern Manitoba and tornados were reported in rural areas on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

Heavy clouds were seen over Winnipeg as a storm rolled into southern Manitoba and tornados were reported in rural areas on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

Gurmeet Singh Kharoud (left) and Karanveer Dhanoa (right) clean up debris scattered along St. James Street between Wellington and Saskatchewan avenues Wednesday morning after a large portion of their building lost its siding due to Tuesday night’s storm. (Mike Sudoma/Free Press)

Gurmeet Singh Kharoud (left) and Karanveer Dhanoa (right) clean up debris scattered along St. James Street between Wellington and Saskatchewan avenues Wednesday morning after a large portion of their building lost its siding due to Tuesday night’s storm. (Mike Sudoma/Free Press)

Siding was blown off a building on St. James Street on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

Siding was blown off a building on St. James Street on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

A tree lies on a minivan on Furby Street in the West Broadway neighbourhood Tuesday evening. (Supplied)
A tree lies on a minivan on Furby Street in the West Broadway neighbourhood Tuesday evening. (Supplied)
Nick Duval uses a chainsaw to cut away branches on a tree that fell and blocked the southbound lanes of 18th Street in Brandon Tuesday evening’s storm. Duval was driving by and volunteered to help clear the street along with Brandon Police Service officers. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Nick Duval uses a chainsaw to cut away branches on a tree that fell and blocked the southbound lanes of 18th Street in Brandon Tuesday evening’s storm. Duval was driving by and volunteered to help clear the street along with Brandon Police Service officers. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
The remains of a tree sit scattered along Wynford Drive in Winnipeg Wednesday morning after being struck by lightning during Tuesday night's storm. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)
The remains of a tree sit scattered along Wynford Drive in Winnipeg Wednesday morning after being struck by lightning during Tuesday night's storm. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)
RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS Blair Mollberg, a homeowner in Balmoral, wades through basement sewer water Wednesday.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS

Blair Mollberg, a homeowner in Balmoral, wades through basement sewer water Wednesday.
Railway lines near Minitonas, Man., are seen Wednesday following a storm earlier this week. (Lesley Sembaluk photo)
Railway lines near Minitonas, Man., are seen Wednesday following a storm earlier this week. (Lesley Sembaluk photo)
RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS Flooding has overtaken Provincial Road 323 at Highway 7 Wednesday, with a sinkhole about half a kilometre away.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS

Flooding has overtaken Provincial Road 323 at Highway 7 Wednesday, with a sinkhole about half a kilometre away.

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