RED DEER COUNTY - An Alberta emergency alert was issued for areas northeast and south of Edmonton including Red Deer County Thursday night due to hazardous road conditions.
The 8:52 p.m. alert advised travellers in the area to delay all non-essential travel until conditions improve and if on the roads to use extreme caution when travelling on impacted roads and highways.
Those who are stranded are advised to stay with their vehicle and wait for assistance. For emergency assistance dial 911.
- RELATED: Wind warning Thursday for Red Deer County, nearby urban centres
- RELATED: ROAD REPORT: Commute road conditions, Highway 2 traffic cameras
“Severe winter weather conditions for areas northeast and south of Edmonton are impacting travel. Heavy snow and strong winds are causing dangerous driving conditions with zero visibility,” the Jan. 16 alert said. “Area highways and roads may be closed without notice.”
At 8:10 p.m. Alberta 511 advised that Leduc RCMP issued a tow ban for the area due to tow trucks retrieving vehicles from the ditch.
Areas included in the emergency alert include:
- Division No. 12
- Devon
- Louis Bull 138B
- Ermineskin 138
- Red Deer County
- Chipman
- Two Hills County No. 21
- Holden
- Samson 137A
- Parkland County
- Beaver County
- Lacombe County
- Millet
- Stettler County No. 6
- Lamont County
- Ryley
- Leduc
- Beaumont
- Thorhild County No. 7
- Lacombe
- Improvement District No. 13
- Lesser Slave River No.124
- Blackfalds
- Vermilion River County No. 24
- Makaoo (Part) 120
- Westlock County
- Bawlf
- Leduc County
- Montana 139
- Kitscoty
- Bruderheim
- Ferintosh
- Tofield
- Camrose
- Vegreville
- Bittern Lake
- Wainwright No. 61
- Rosalind
- Dewberry
- New Norway
- Lamont
- Mewatha Beach
- Samson 137
- Lloydminster (Part)
- Edmonton
- Minburn County No. 27
- Pigeon Lake 138A
- Strome
- Opportunity No. 17
- Wetaskiwin County No. 10
- Athabasca County No. 12
- Marwayne
- Fort Saskatchewan
- Bondiss
- Athabasca
- Ponoka County
- Minburn
- Two Hills
- Edberg
- Willingdon
- New Sarepta
- Vermilion
- Flagstaff County
- Ponoka
- Derwent
- Daysland
- Hay Lakes
- Wood Buffalo
- Andrew
- Innisfree
- Bashaw
- Sturgeon County
- Clive
- Mundare
- Strathcona County
- Calmar
- Wetaskiwin
- Camrose County No. 22
- Redwater
- Mannville
- Myrnam
- Viking
- Boyle
