Earth Changes
Villagers in Cornhill, near Banff, had been enjoying the annual event at the playing fields on Saturday afternoon.
After a spell of "beautiful" sunshine, the storm blew in, wreaking havoc on the park and lifting the first aid tent over a marquee and into the arena.
No-one was seriously hurt, but the games secretary Shona Hay said the noise was terrifying.
"Ten minutes before this we had a beautiful sunny day," she said.
"It was just torrential. Everybody ran for cover and a wind seemed to appear from nowhere and lifted our first aid tent and some of the stall holders' tents.
"And then the noise was just terrifying - the noise of the wind and the folks screaming."
She added: "The wind just swept through the park tearing up the tents, just clearing the arena and everything in its path. It swept through the village and five minutes later it was flat calm again."
It happened late Thursday at the corner of NE 23rd Terrace and 14th Place.
All that's left there now is a dent in the ground where the ice landed. Neighbors are glad no one was hurt but are curious about where the chunk came from.
It was Tiffany Laymance's husband who saw the whole thing happen while he was walking his dog. He says he heard something cut through the air and hit the ground.
"He comes running in the house and tells me that I need to grab my phone and jump in the truck," Tiffany said.
They took a quick drive through the neighborhood to investigate the crash landing, finding a big chunk of ice lying in a crater in the ground.

Martin had jumped in his car when he saw the storm from approaching and caught this snap
Photographer Martin Dolan said he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the shot and noticed the figure of a giant emerging from the dark skies.
Martin captured the electrifying figure after racing to a church near his home in the early hours after spotting a storm approaching.
He said: "I was looking out the window when I saw a flickering. It didn't stop so I took a closer look, thinking it was a faulty street lamp.
"It took a good few minutes until my brain caught up with my eyes and I realised this was an approaching storm front.
The tragedy occurred at Gandhigram village in Vijaynagar area under Changlang district.
The deceased have been identified as Jalina Yobin, 12, Chanisa Yobin, 14, Chathiya Yobin, 13, and Shalida Yobin, 38 (all female).
Out of six injured, one is said to be in very critical condition warranting immediate air evacuation for further treatment.
The tragic incident took place at Vidyamohan Chowdhury Para of remote Dhalai district last night in which a tribal mother along with her two minor children and her husband were buried under mud after a big chunk of hill slipped into their house.
The deceased was identified as 47-year-old Kajal Kanya Debbarma and her two minor children.
However, Rooti Debbarma, the head of the family was rescued in a critical condition and shifted to hospital by a joint team of fire-fighters and disaster management.
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"It's sad. It's really sad," said beach resident Kristen Wiseman. It has residents worried about what did this.
The people who live along with the beach say the fish started showing up a couple of days ago.
"I saw a little bit come in and it's like 'what is that shiny stuff in the water?'" said Wiseman.
That shiny stuff turned out to be a massive fish kill with the tide leaving the carcasses stranded on the beach and even higher up during high tide.
Three were sent to Massey University for necropsy.
DOC regional operations director Roy Grose said there were no signs of physical injury and based on early diagnosis, two of the pups likely died of pneumonia.
He said other factors such as biotoxins, viruses or bacterial infections had not been ruled out and pups had died because of starvation or environmental factors in the past.
DOC said it would keep monitoring the situation but the deaths were unlikely to affect the wider Kaikōura fur seal population.
Babytai Jayawant Bule (40) and her son Vikas (14), both residents of Tulsinagar village, had gone to Hudi to harvest groundnuts, when the incident took place, he said.
In a separate incident, 20 goats were killed when lightning struck them in village Katkheda, the officer added.
Source: Press Trust of India













Comment: Another 'mini tornado' was reported further south in the English town of Blackburn as it swept through an industrial estate.