'A marvellous light show': Overnight storm rattles Edmonton area, swamps town to the east
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Wicked lightning, rolling thunder and a burst of hard rain struck the Alberta capital early Monday morning, while the town of Tofield to the east may have been the hardest hit.
Wicked lightning, rolling thunder and a burst of hard rain struck the Alberta capital early Monday morning, while the town of Tofield to the east may have been the hardest hit.
"It was a marvellous light show for about an hour, and then the rain came," recalled a Tofield resident named Arnold.
He believes it was the biggest storm to hit the community since he moved there 22 years ago.
"The thunder was rolling all the time. Normally, you'll see the flashing light and then you get a bang. This one was just one rumble. For about an hour, all you heard was a rumble," Arnold said.
As many as 100 millimeters of rain fell on the town about 60 kilometres east of the city in just an hour.
The water pooled in parking lots and parks, prompting some to get their tubes and go swimming as temperatures hit the mid-20s.
"Nice fun, something to do all day," one swimmer said.
