A severe thunderstorm swept through southeastern Manitoba Tuesday night.

It hit around 10 p.m., causing power outages and downing many tree branches. Strong winds also knocked down the fence around an excavation site along Main Street at Kroeker Avenue in Steinbach.

Mark Melsness from Environment Canada says, "Steinbach saw a wind gust of 104 km/h last evening. It was definitely enough to knock a few trees down and cause some power outages."

The Steinbach, Grunthal and La Broquerie fire departments were all called out to deal with hydro pole fires.

Steinbach received six millimetres of rain but it was heavier to the south as Zhoda recorded 18 millimetres and Gardenton 17 millimetres.

A safety fence around an excavation site along Main Street at Kroeker Avenue was blown into the hole.

Tree down along First Street in Steinbach opposite Fitness Zone.