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Tornado kills one in southeastern Manitoba

Manitoba_Rancher

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Tornado kills one in southeastern Manitoba
Updated Sun. Aug. 6 2006 2:25 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

One person died and about 10 others were injured after a tornado hit cottage country in southeastern Manitoba.

The system included at least one tornado. That tornado touched down in the Gull Lake area on Saturday, located about a one-hour drive north of Winnipeg, where it struck a private campground. The storm reportedly hit around about 6 p.m. CDT.

A second may have struck an area near Lac du Bonnet, about a 90-minute drive northeast of Winnipeg; however, it may have been the same tornado.

"I'm near a roadblock leading into the Gull Lake area, and I can tell you that it's like a giant stamped down on the forest here," CTV's Jill Macyshon, whose family owns a cottage in the area, told CTV News by telephone.

"Witnesses say at the time the tornado hit, there was a large thunderstorm that drove through. Hail, high wind and rain. Peoples' ears started popping - and then they saw the tornado touch down," she said.

The dead person is a 64-year-old woman, Macyshon said, adding three others were injured there -- including the woman's husband.

"Cottages have been destroyed. Boats and trailers have been thrown around like toys."

RCMP Sgt. Steve Saunders told The Canadian Press that things could have been worse as most people were attending an annual picnic on the other side of the lake.

He authorities have accounted for everyone in that campground, but sniffer dogs were checking the rubble just in case.

A fishing lodge in Pointe du Bois reported seven people with minor injuries, but a doctor at the lodge was able to treat everyone.

The severe weather moved eastward towards Lake of the Woods and Lake Nipigon in northwest Ontario.

Environment Canada ended its severe weather watches for those areas by about 1 a.m. CDT.
 
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