Hot News: Cleanup continues after summer snow hits Calgary

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CALGARY - Calgarians are cleaning up after a three-day summer snowfall that battered the city.

The weight of heavy, wet snow snapped thousands of trees and branches, causing them to plummet down onto sidewalks, streets, cars, and power lines - leaving almost 30,000 Calgarians without power. POWER OUTAGES

As of Thursday morning, Enmax is no longer reporting any community-wide outages on their website, however, there are still individual customers who are without power.

The City of Calgary says the dozens of traffic signals that were not working due to power outages are no operational. SCHOOL CLOSURES

Calgary's summer snowfall also left dozens of schools without any electricity.

Students and parents are asked to watch the Calgary Board of Education's website for an update around 6:45 a.m. on Thursday.

Parents and/or guardians whose children access school bus service can view the status of their bus on www.myschoolbusmonitor.com. SUN IN THE FORECAST

Thankfully, Calgarians are getting a brief reprieve from the snowy weather.

Forecasters expect a high of 10°C with sunshine on Thursday.

The sun will turn to showers on Friday, followed by more sunshine and steadily increasing temperatures throughout the weekend. To get your weather forecast on the go, download our Skytracker Weather App. CLEANUP OF FALLEN DEBRIS

With snow no longer in the forecast, the focus now turns to clearing up the debris left behind.

The City of Calgary is asking property owners who have suffered damage from downed trees to do the following: Report damaged trees, with a picture if possible. Download the 311 mobile app for iPhone and Android, or use the online form to report your concern. If your personal property (car or home) has sustained damage, contact your insurance agent. Property owners - see bylaws related to snow and ice.

All three City landfills - Spyhill, Shepard and East Calgary - are accepting tree debris from the snowstorm at no charge until further notice.

A plan for tree clean-up will be released by The City to inform residents how Calgary will be restored.

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