Northern Manitoba official says town looked like moon after days-long blizzard
CHURCHILL, Man. — When the sun finally broke through a blizzard that lasted three days in a northern Manitoba town, a local leader said it looked like the moon.
Churchill declared a state of local emergency on Friday after about 60 centimetres had fallen since earlier in the week, driven by wind gusts of up to 120 km/h.
Deputy mayor Shane Hutchins says there were nine metre drifts in some streets.
The once-a-week train that normally delivers supplies couldn’t make it when the line was shut down, but Hutchins says the Northern store has arranged to fly goods in on Sunday.