Wind warning issued for Cochrane

Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for Cochrane and surrounding areas on Tuesday afternoon.

Cochranites could be seeing winds that top off near 100 km/h, which is 10km/h faster than the wind warning we received last week.

Environment Canada warns that winds speed this high can cause trees to lose branches and to watch out for loose objects.

Wind warnings are issued when there is a risk of damaging winds, the gusts are expected to subside early this evening.

The warning affects the following areas.