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Southern Manitoba saw a wild night of storms with monsoon-like downpours, unconfirmed reports of tornadoes and vehicles abandoned on flooded roads.
Nowhere was hit with more rain than Stonewall, just north of Winnipeg, where more than 250 millimetres had been reported by 3 a.m. Wednesday, according to Environment Canada.
A few kilometres northwest of there, Woodlands received more than 120 mm.
Winnipeg was drenched with 117 mm recorded at The Forks, leaving reports around the city of inundated basements, impassable streets and engulfed underpasses.
The intense weather was spread across the south with wind gusts clocked at 130 kilometres an hour in the Deloraine area, in the southwestern corner near the Saskatchewan border.
There was also hail, ranging from the size of nickels to tennis balls in parts of Winnipeg, Sanford and Otterburne.
Manitoba Hydro says hundreds of power outages are affecting thousands of customers.
