The town of Macklin in Saskatchewan was recently hit by a major storm – one strong enough to cause millions of dollars’ worth of damage, the mayor believes.
On Monday night, Environment Canada issued a thunderstorm warning, followed by a tornado warning for the area of the Rural Municipality of Eye Hill, which includes the towns of Macklin, Denzil and Evesham. That storm brought hail and high winds, damaging multiple homes in the region and downing trees.
“We got blasted for 20 minutes with heavy winds, rain and hail ranging in size from a pea to a golf ball,” Macklin Mayor Pat Doetzel told CTV News.
“We got piles of trees snapped off at the roof, a lot of them snapped off halfway up the tree, there are parts of roofs lying in some areas, shingles blown off and bare wood showing.”
The mayor added that “there’s damage on every street.”
Doetzel estimates that the repairs across Macklin could cost up to $5 million, citing a previous hail incident that hit the town in 2004.
“There will be a lot of work for many repair companies in the next few days. I am really happy to see the people in the community all pitching in and out there cleaning up,” he commented.
