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Baseball-sized hail crash down on Saskatchewan, causing extensive damage, Canada

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Severe thunderstorms accompanied by hail the size of baseballs hit parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada on June 14, 2018, causing extensive damage.

The Estevan area in southeast Saskatchewan was pounded with heavy rain and large hail on Thursday, June 14, as severe thunderstorms rolled through the region. The storm caused zero visibility just east of Estevan and power blackouts in a wide-spread area.

According to local media reports, there was also some concern of a fire at Saskpower's Boundary Dam Station, but the company says what people were seeing was a lot of steam coming from the stacks due to flooding.

While no tornadoes have been confirmed, that storm cell also prompted numerous tornado warnings as it worked its way east across southern Saskatchewan and into Manitoba. In the wake of this long-lived cell, as well as separate cells in parts of Manitoba, the ground was left "looking like winter" under piles and piles of hail, The Weather Network reports.

Damage assessment is in progress.

Featured image: Storm shots showing winds carrying dirt from fields in front of storm cell in Saskatchewan, Canada on June 14, 2018. Image copyright: Tracy Kerestesh @Iammylover

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