Stormy Weather: A Perfect Storm of Factors Converge on Southern Manitoba The summer storm that swept through southern Manitoba left 28,000 customers without power Thursday morning.
The sheer force of the winds was described by Jim Hardy, a resident of Prairie Grove, as "like an earthquake.
" Wind speeds reached up to 133 km/h in Brandon, and over 2,916 lightning strikes occurred within 50 kilometers of Winnipeg.