Extreme Cold Warning for the Lakeland Region ( Cloned )

Extremely cold wind chill values near minus 40 are expected or occurring for Tuesday, February 4, 2025 in the Lakeland region including the M.D. of Bonnyville, Lac La Biche County, County of St. Paul and County of Vermilion River and surrounding communities.

Extremely cold wind chill values will moderate somewhat this afternoon. However, nighttime and morning wind chills between minus 40 and minus 45 will continue into Wednesday for some areas.

Bus status:

Some local bus routes have been cancelled. Always check with your local bus and school to confirm cancellations.

• Buses in Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St.Paul and Plamondon are cancelled for the day for East Central Francophone.
• All Northern Lights Public Schools buses are cancelled today. Schools remain open. If your child will be absent today, please inform your child’s school.
• At 7:00 am, many Lakeland Catholic buses were indicating cancelled. Please check your route to confirm here: https://lrcssd.busstatus.ca/
• At 7:00 am, St. Paul Education buses were indicating that they were running. Please check your route here: https://www.stpauleducation.ab.ca/transportation/bus-status

 

While temperatures will moderate somewhat during the daytime hours, nighttime and early morning wind chills near minus 40 will likely continue for parts of Alberta until the middle of the week.

 

Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.

 

Risks are greater for young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people working or exercising outdoors, and those without proper shelter.

 

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.

 

If it’s too cold for you to stay outside, it’s too cold for your pet to stay outside.

 

Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.