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Environment Canada says 5 tornadoes hit Alberta over Canada Day weekend

Jul 7, 2016 | 2:04 PM

EDMONTON — Environment Canada has confirmed five tornadoes touched down in central and southern Alberta over the Canada Day weekend.

The agency says two of the twisters were rated EF-1 wile the others were EF-0, meaning moderate to light damage.

It says the first, rated EF-1, hit near Ponoka on June 30, damaging trees, windows and a roof of a home.

On Canada Day, a twister touched down near Didsbury, but because there were no reports of damage, it was rated EF-0.