Sunday morning Drumheller residents were getting a better look at the damage caused by Saturday night’s thunderstorm.
A violent storm ripped through the valley shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday night, and within the hour calm was restored. Almost immediately social media buzzed with incredible photos and videos of the storm rolling in, and the destruction it left in its wake.
Trees were uprooted, siding and roofs were torn apart and gardens flattened. There were also reports of power outages in different areas of the valley.
One of the most dramatic images from the storm is the toppled dinosaur at the Fossil World Discovery Centre.
Due to the damage, Dinosaur Trail Golf and Country Club posted on its Facebook site that it would be closed on Sunday, July 20 to allow the turf to heal and to clean up. It also put a call out to members, if they had the time to spare, to come out and help with the clean up effort.
The Encana Science Camps at the Royal Tyrrell Museum also fell victim to the storm and will have to cancel its programs this week. Camp director Morgan Syvertsen posted that the tipi camp was destroyed by the weather event.
