[Music] trees were toppled by ferocious winds that swept through the town of Nanton worrisome for home owners downright terrifying for people huddled in tents and trailers it sounded like a herd of horses were on top of the trailer Carol and Trevor lockhurst were worried about trees crushing their trailer but even more concerned for Neighbors with shredded tents and I thought oh my God I hope they’re okay and their tents were just demolished the violent storm that swept through here on Sunday evening dumped so much rain and hail that they had to cancel the nantan night Rodeo event that was supposed to be held here on Canada day as you can see the area is totally swamped and people who live through this say they’ve never experienced anything like it who said Christmas in July can’t happen and all of a sudden it just hit like nothing we’ve ever seen before the intensity of the wind the rain in the hail all at once was at 6:51 p.m. a severe thunderstorm warning was upgraded to a tornado warning for Nanton I said Trevor it’s a warning so he said let’s get out of here we got a we got a break in the hail let’s get out we didn’t get the tornado warning until probably about 5 minutes into the storm and by then it was already starting to die down so we’re all questioning like is it going to get worse than this Canada Day turned into a work day for many in Nanton cleaning up roads and pumping water out of the golf course there’s a lot of Carnage um our town staff was really quick to respond they were in their vehicles almost immediately after the storm had passed there was no reports of injuries damage in town was limited to trees and flooded basement but there have been reports of damaged crops Carol and Curry de Castillo Global News
Parts of southern Alberta were pummeled by ferocious winds and hail over the weekend, as a vicious summer storm swept through the area.
The storm caused widespread damage in the town of Nanton, where the punishing winds toppled trees and terrified residents.
“All of a sudden it just hit like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The intensity of the wind, the rain and the hail all at once,” said Nanton mayor Jennifer Handley.
Global’s Carolyn Kury de Castillo has more on the damage and the clean-up efforts now underway.
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