WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Extreme cold warning in effect for:
• Little Abitibi - Kesagami Lake
• Timmins - Cochrane - Iroquois Falls
• Fraserdale - Pledger Lake
• Kapuskasing - Hearst - Smooth Rock Falls
A period of very cold wind chills is expected.
Wind chill values near or below minus 40 are expected overnight into Saturday morning.
Wind chill values are expected to moderate through the day of Saturday. However, near minus 40 wind chill values could reach again in some areas overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.
Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.
Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.
Check on older family, friends and neighbours.
Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
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