THUNDER BAY — After powerful wind gusts over the last couple of days brought down some trees in the Thunder Bay area, Environment Canada expects the rest of the week will be a lot less breezy starting on Wednesday.
Meteorologists had issued a special weather statement for the city on Sunday, predicting wind gusts up to 80 km/h into Tuesday.
At Thunder Bay Airport, the highest speed recorded Tuesday afternoon was still 67 km/h, and gusts of up to 50 km/h were expected to continue until the evening hours.
Environment Canada said it was possible that more powerful gusts occurred along the Lake Superior shoreline toward Nipigon and the north shore, but it doesn't have monitoring equipment in the vicinity.
The wind brought down a large tree Monday near a home on Clayte Street, striking the roof as it went down onto the roof and damaging the gutter and some shingles in the process.
Residents reported that a city crew came by within hours to clean up the mess
Trees knocked down on power lines were responsible for multiple power outages in the Thunder Bay region Monday, but only a couple of minor outages were reported as of mid-afternoon Tuesday by Hydro One.
A spokesperson for the utility said it brought in additional crews to the Thunder Bay area as a precaution.
