Alberta Snowstorm Strands Drivers, RCMP's Urgent Warning

0:00A brutal spring snowstorm, slanned Alberta, shutting down Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray and stranding dozens of drivers for hours. RCMP put out travel advisories Thursday after multiple crashes at Maul marker 164, but conditions turned so bad the road became totally, impassable. Plows and tow trucks couldn't even push through the heavy snow build up, so police switched gears from clearing the highway to keeping folks alive. They delivered food, gas, and other supplies to vehicles lined up for over a kilometer. Drivers shared wild stories, like one guy from St. Albert who left at 2.30 pm. Thursday fueled up for the 200 km stretch and hunkered down overnight in his truck amid white out chaos. Another described seeing at least 50 rigs ahead, light stretching back forever in the dark, even helped the diabetic motorist by escorting EMS through the mess for urgent care. As the Friday morning, everyone still stuck with drifts 3 or 4 feet deep, and it'll take

1:01hours more to reopen. Alberta RCMP is dropping a clear warning, weather flips fast here, so pack supplies if you hit the road in a storm, or think twice about rolling out at all. Local news powered by AI, this is Canada News Today.