yellow warning - wind - in effect Strong winds that may cause damage continue. Locations: Avalon Peninsula. Maximum wind gusts: west to northwesterly 80 km/h except 100 to 110 along parts of the coast. Time span: late this evening until overnight. Remarks: A period of strong winds is expected to occur on the backside of a departing storm system. ### Local utility outages are possible. Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NLstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NLwx. For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts. Secure loose objects.