4 collisions reported on Whitehorse's snowy roads

A late September snowfall has wreaked havoc on Whitehorse roads, where drivers weren't prepared for several centimetres of snow this early in the year.

Usually Whitehorse gets about 5 cm of snow in the entire month of September.

The forecast for Whitehorse today is calling for up to 10 cm of snow, says CBC North's climatologist Christy Climenhaga.

The snowy and slushy roads kept RCMP, fire crews and Whitehorse Bylaw Services busy, responding to calls from motorists.

RCMPConst. DeanHoogland, says four of the calls were for collisions. They includeda Chevy Blazer and a Highway department dump truck colliding on the Alaska Highway close to the Mayo Road turnoff,a single car rollover near Cowley Creek,a car that slammed into a highway light pole on the Alaska Highway near Fish Lake Roadand a tree that fell on a car on Jarvis Street downtown.

The City of Whitehorse has closed the road to the landfill, saying the snowfall has made the road unsafe.

ATCO Electric says the snow has brought down some trees on power lines.

The company's LauraCarlesonasks people not to try to remove the trees themselves, but rather, callATCOto deal with it. There will be people in the office to take the calls into the evening.

Carlson says most of the power outages caused by fallen trees have been restored. As of late Tuesday afternoon, three crews were still trying to restore power to customers in the Marsh Lake area and just outside the city.

Watch this time lapse video of the morning commute shot by CBC cameraman Mike Rudyk.