Environment Canada says five tornadoes hit Alberta over Canada Day weekend
Posted Jul 6, 2016 5:27 pm.
Last Updated Jul 6, 2016 7:47 pm.
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Environment Canada has confirmed five tornadoes touched down in central and southern Alberta over the Canada Day weekend.
The agency says two of the twisters were rated EF-1 wile the others were EF-0, meaning moderate to light damage.
It says the first, rated EF-1, hit near Ponoka on June 30, damaging trees, windows and a roof of a home. On Canada Day, a twister touched down near Didsbury, but because there were no reports of damage, it was rated EF-0.
Two tornadoes hit on Saturday near Longview, south of Calgary, and snapped trees.
On Sunday, a EF-1 tornado damaged a farm outbuilding southwest of Hardisty.
