© Dianne BamfordAssiniboia resident Dianne Bamford holds up pieces of hail next to a golf ball, following a storm on Tuesday morning.
Pea-sized to golf ball-sized hail dropped down around 8:30 a.m., trapping the town's mayor, Sharon Schauenberg, in her car for about 20 minutes.
"It just all of a sudden came upon us; this dark, dark cloud and boom — it opened up," she said, adding the storm seemed to be localized to just the town.
The hail shredded trees, covering the town's streets with branches and leaves, according to Schauenberg.
"You can see where some places got hit harder," Schauenberg said.
"It's just a disaster."
A similar storm rolled through Assiniboia in July 2020, denting vehicles, smashing windows, and destroying rooves and siding.
© Justine BamfordHail damage on a shed roof in Assiniboia.
"I've got dents on my car. People are going to have multiple insurance claims, home claims and vehicle claims once again," she said.
"People haven't gotten their vehicles fixed from last year, so we're way behind the eight ball here."
Schauenberg said town crews were already busy cleaning up the streets Tuesday morning. However, damage to town property and facilities still needs to be assessed.
Reader Comments
There is just a limited amount of syllables a human can form words with, so similarities between words of totally separate cultures are probable. I suppose the name is derived from some native American language.
Where I'm from was named because it was a place receiving shipments for offloading around 150 years ago or such.
R.C.