Air ambulance sent to Virden after tornado hits

Posted: 9:54 PM CDT Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 Last Modified: 11:22 PM CDT Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 | Updates

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A tornado hit land near Scarth, in western Mantioba, on Friday evening. (Misheyla Iwasiuk / Twitter)

A STARS air ambulance was dispatched to the Virden area after a tornado touched down around 8 p.m. Friday.

It came down in the community of Scarth.

Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack posted a video of the twister on Twitter and said that it had hit a farm.

Scarth is just south of Virden, which is 290 kilometres west of Winnipeg, on the Trans-Canada Highway.

The twister was spawned by a severe thunderstorm.

In a tweet around 10:30 p.m., Manitoba Hydro said, "We are responding to damage caused by a tornado in a 20-mile area Scarth to Oak Lake. We have lines down and determining if poles are also damaged. We’ll update as more information is known. Thanks for your patience. Be safe."

Incredible tornado south of Virden, MB #mbstorm @MyRadarWX @MisheylaIwasiuk pic.twitter.com/X9gMUO60vT

— Aaron Jayjack (@aaronjayjack) August 8, 2020

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