Check out these stunning photos and videos of Wednesday's storm in Alberta

The skies across southern Alberta lit up spectacularly with lightning on Wednesday night as a thunderstorm rumbled through the region.

Environment Canada had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for many communities.

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From Calgary to Strathmore,people gathered at windows andon balconies to watch the storm, and captured images and videos of gathering clouds and lightning strikes.

Hereis a selection of images and videos that flooded social media and CBC Calgary's inbox.

Videos of the stormon Twitter

Photos captured the lightning on Instagram

Images sent to CBC Calgary

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