Tornado strikes Mountain View County, Alta., damaging houses
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A tornado struck Mountain View County near Olds and Didsbury Saturday afternoon, damaging houses and causing injuries.
A Canada Day tornado struck Mountain View County near Didsbury, Alta., Saturday afternoon, damaging a number of homes.
Didsbury RCMP issued a release at 2:33 p.m. about a large tornado touching down at Highway 2 and 581 specifically. They said the twister ranged from one to two kilometres wide.
Shortly after 4 p.m., an RCMP update stated that a number of homes were damaged but at the moment, it doesn't appear that anyone was injured.
At 3:25 p.m., Highway 2A was closed at Township Road 304.
Catherine Littlechild was at a gas station in Carstairs buying fireworks for Canada Day when she saw the tornado touch down.
"The sky went totally black," she said. "Originally it was really small, then it funneled out.
