Hail pounds parts of Manitoba, floods basements in Selkirk

They're mopping up in Selkirk after a storm cell dumped a heap ofrain in one hourThursdaynight.

Environment Canada said the"rogue storm cell" unleashed a downpour between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.It came down so hard and so fast that some people in Selkirkreported water seeping through their basement walls, saidMayor Larry Johannson.

"We had a real hit there," he said, adding the city received well over 100 storm-related calls throughthe night.

Along with numerous basements, manystreets were flooded.

Shirley Sanderson is one of those whose basement resembled a lake.Her homedidn't have a sewer back-up valve it ended up having about a metre of water.

"Our freezer tipped over, our washertipped over, everything in our basement is a total loss," she said."The kids had a play area down there, we had a sitting area, we had a man-cave and we've lost it all."

Roberto Monaco's basement was also left damp and damaged.

"We're hoping it's less than $5,000 [in damage]because that's what our insurance covers," he said. "Wedon't have a very large basement, we just had a furnace and washing machine down there, no furniture. But we just finished the floor."

His next-doorneighbourhad about 76 mm of water but another one across the street "had quite a bit of water in her basement," Monaco said. "So I think quite a few people were affected."

Monaco, Sandersonand others like them arenowwaiting forword from the city on whatkind of help they'llreceive.

Colette Ziolkoski burns sewage damaged furniture

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A Selkirk couple whose basement was flooded in a downpour last night are cleaning up with a bonfire. Colette Ziolkoski and her husband had been renovating their basement before the storm hit.

Thestorm also produced hail in parts of southern Manitoba, along with great amounts of lightning and haunting clouds, but Winnipeg somehow avoided much of it.

Just one millimetre of rain was recorded at the airport, Environment Canada reported.

Areas in southwest Manitoba received a better soaking, with 23 mm in Mordenand 20 mm in Pilot Mound.The latter was also hit by hail, as was Deloraine, which saw nickel-sizestones.

Loonie-sizehail was reported along the Manitoba-U.S. border, toonie-sizehail fellnear Pipestone and golf ball-sizehail came down near Lauder in the Virden area.

Some places also battled a roaring wind, with gusts hitting 96 km/h inKillarney and93 km/h in Somerset.

There was also a report of a funnel cloudbut no tornadoes, according to Environment Canada.

• Thunderstorms to reach Winnipeg overnight, says Environment Canada

The storms have now moved offbut will leave a hot andhumid day across the south.

One elementary school, cole Centrale in Transcona, has cancelled field day for kindergarten to Grade 3 because of the extreme heat in the forecast.

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RAW: Sekirk basement flooding

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More than 100 people in Selkirk are cleaning out their basements after a sudden, heavy thunderstorm Thursday night. Shirley Sanderson checked her basement around midnight and there was close to a meter of water.