After a whopping 25 centimetres of heavy, wet snow blanketed the city to the south Tuesday, surprising residents and snarling traffic, the mayor of Edmonton pledged 30 plows to help dig Calgarians out. Mayor Don Iveson promised to send plows to Calgary in a video posted to Twitter Tuesday afternoon. “Hey, Mayor Nenshi, I heard it snowed a little in Calgary and you needed a little help and wanted to borrow some plows,” Iveson said in a video included in the tweet. Article Continued BelowThe weather agency forecast 10 to 25 centimetres of snow overnight, but says Calgary International Airport had 16 centimetres by 5 a.m. Tuesday. Read more: Snow kidding: Calgarians slog through streets after heavy, wet snowfall The City of Calgary tweeted at 6:30 a.m. that it was going to take time to clear major roads.

Source: thestar October 02, 2018 21:11 UTC