Freezing rain is a problem for hydro lines.
The freezing rain builds up ice on the hydro lines, weighing down the lines.
There is a possibility that the built-up ice on the lines can bring down entire grids.
There are massive power outages around the RM of Dauphin and throughout the parkland.
In the RM of Dauphin, there are 28 outages with 172 customers affected. In Sifton, there are 9 customers affected.
And 4 are without power in Neepawa, around 1pm 780 customers had no power.
