‘Hundreds’ of trees knocked down at Saskatchewan campground during storm
EMMA LAKE, Sask. — A violent thunderstorm that hit a Saskatchewan campground in the middle of the night sent trees crashing onto trailers, vehicles and tents, trapping some campers inside as well as blocking the roads rescuers needed to reach them.
Terri Bjarnason said her camper at the Murray Point campground in Great Blue Heron Provincial Park north of Prince Albert shook as the storm intensified early Saturday, knocking her onto the bed.
Then she said an uprooted tree bisected the camper, with her on one side and her husband and two kids on the other.
“I didn’t know that a tree had come down. I just knew we were damaged and I thought we had rolled. I wasn’t sure if we were upside down or on our side or what had happened. I just knew we weren’t right anymore and I was in a very small space,” Bjarnason said.