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Jan 14, 2021 7:03 AM
Regina s Cornwall Centre was hit by damage from the storm on Jan. 14, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
It was a case of hold on to more than your hat Wednesday night as a windstorm whipped through the province.
Environment Canada confirmed there was a gust of 143 kilometres per hour, a new provincial record.
(Video courtesy of Victor Fok)
“The winds were extremely strong. Out towards Bratt’s Lake, just south of Regina, they received the strongest wind gusts of 143 kilometres per hour. The Regina university reported a wind gust of 126 (km/h) and at the airport in Regina (there were) wind gusts of 115 (km/h),” Environment Canada meteorologist Mike Russo explained.