A homeowner in Prince Albert's East Flat is hopeful his insurance will cover last night's storm damage. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Stormy season

Mother nature leaves mess for Prince Albert

Sep 1, 2021 | 12:00 PM

A swath of broken tree branches litter Prince Albert’s streets and properties following a storm that rolled through the city Tuesday night.

City crews have already started the clean up process. Parks manager Tim Yeaman said the majority of the damage appears to be on the city’s east side.

‘We do know that we do have some trees down on homes but we’ve certainly had some other damage — trees down and branches down in the roadways,” he said.

Yeaman said crews will attempt to get through as much as they can today, adding the priority is making sure roadways and entrances to properties are cleared. Anyone with damage reports is asked to call the community services department at city hall.

“We also want to identify whether [the damage] is on private property or on public property so we can give the homeowners the information they may require,” Yeaman explained.

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A picture taken in the 500 block of 11th St. E. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

A tree along sixth Ave. E. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

The community garden across from Holy Cross School is run by the Prince Albert Food Bank, and suffered damaged as a result of the storm. In addition to sections of the surrounding fence being knocked over, executive director Kim Scruby said some of the higher standing crops like sunflowers and corn were bent over.

“There’s definitely some damage out there. I was actually blown away by some of the big trees that I saw in the neighborhood that looked to be busted in half,” he said.

Despite the morning fog, the damage at the garden was still visible. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Crews worked fast to restore the fence line. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the top wind speed recorded at the city’s airport Tuesday night was 84km/hr and 9.9 mm of rain fell.

In comparison though to other cities like Regina, Prince Albert got off pretty lucky. Lang said the super cell that swept through Queen City produced hail, shredded trees, and there was localized flooding.

“It looked like Christmas there for awhile,” she said.

Overall the month of August was fairly average for Prince Albert. The average high was 23.2 C; which compares to the 30-year average of 23.4 C

The city also recorded 60.8 mm of rain, slightly below the 30 year average of 61.6 mm.

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