Summer storm slams St. Louis
An isolated hail storm hit St. Louis, about 30 kilometres south of Prince Albert, Tuesday afternoon temporarily flooding roads and tearing up local gardens.
“You could barely see the road,” said St. Louis resident Loretta Vandale. “It was flowing pretty fast and it was quite a dramatic show.”
Residents say light rainshower fell on and off for most of the morning but the huge downpour of rain and hail started in the afternoon according to Janine Phaneuf who recorded some of the summer storm with her phone. A video she posted to Facebook now has 40,000 views.
“Usually, when hail comes down that heavy you expect it to last a few minutes, but it probably went on for closer to 30 minutes and it didn’t let up. It was quite insane,” Phaneuf said.