WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Issued at 2024-12-21 11:10AM EST by Environment Canada:
Extreme cold warning issued for:
Timmins - Cochrane - Iroquois Falls, Ont.
Kirkland Lake - Englehart, Ont.
Current details:
A period of very cold wind chills is expected.
Very cold wind chills approaching minus 40 are expected overnight into Sunday morning. Temperatures are expected to moderate through the day on Sunday.
Watch for cold related symptoms: shortness of breath, chest pain, muscle pain and weakness, numbness and colour change in fingers and toes.
Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.
Check on older family, friends and neighbours.
Keep emergency supplies in your vehicle such as extra blankets and jumper cables.
If it’s too cold for you to stay outside, it’s too cold for your pet to stay outside.
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.
More details on the alert are available here.
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