'Grapefruit-sized hail' fell in Alberta Monday, and it may break a record
He managed to pull off to the side of the road and waited for the storm to pass. In all, it lasted for about 10 to 15 minutes, he said, but it left its mark.
Stuart Brideaux, public education officer with Alberta Health Services, says local fire and EMS also attended the scene at about 6:30 p.m. Although some people were hit indirectly by hail coming through windows and broken glass, he said no one required transportation to the hospital."We were all a bit shocked to be honest....
He's not sure why the hail in this storm was so much bigger than usual, but he expects it may have something to do with an abundant amount of moisture near the ground Monday, which isn't typical in Alberta. "This particular storm had a very, very large rotating updraft, which kept the hail inside the storm for a long period of time," he said in an interview with CBC Calgary News at 6.WATCH | Storm chaser Matt Melnyk describes what it was like to follow Monday's hailstorm near Innisfail:3 hours agoStorm chaser Matt Melnyk speaks with CBC Calgary News at 6 host Andrew Brown about Monday's hailstorm near Innisfail, Alta., and about why he loves to chase powerful storms.
"The windshields were just busted. A couple of them looked like somebody had body slammed the front." Melnyk says Alberta's worst storms typically happen the last two weeks of July and the first week of August.First, take pictures of the damage from all angles, according to Rob de Pruis, national director of consumer and industry relations with the Insurance Bureau of Canada."The sooner you can get the claim in, the better, but you do have a period of two years to get everything related to your claim finalized," he said in an interview with CBC Edmonton News at 6.
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