Lightning burns right through this Canadian golf green. WOW!
Lightning took a destructive toll on parts of both western and eastern Canada this week
Although July is known as the peak of thunderstorm season across Canada, scenes like this put a whole new perspective on "when thunder roars, go indoors."
Full and spectacular burn marks were captured right in the grass after a lightning strike at hole 17 of the Edmonton Petroleum Golf and Country Club.
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The golf club also tweeted that they were without power early Wednesday, asking for patience as they tried to get back online after the severe overnight storms.
Lightning erupted over Alberta through the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday when 12,000+ strikes were detected before 7 a.m. Not only was this enough for an extremely early wake up call for thousands of Albertans, significant damage was also reported as the storms rumbled through.
"In Calgary, a particularly strong strike hit the chimney on the roof of one school sending bricks exploding outwards onto the roof," said The Weather Network's Kyle Brittain, who was out chasing the storms.
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CHURCH COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN SUDBURY, ONTARIO
Severe thunderstorms stretched into parts of northern Ontario as well this week, where firefighters believe a nearly 80-year-old church in Sudbury was hit a couple of times by lightning Wednesday night.
The Grace United Church caught fire during a thunderstorm, as the Ontario Fire Marshall's office continue to investigate the cause.
(A fire Wednesday night destroyed most of Grace United Church in Sudbury's Minnow Lake neighbourhood - Erik White/CBC)
Fire officials said initially only minor damage to the roof appeared, but when they returned after responding to several other thunderstorm-related calls, the flames and smoke had spread.
"Lightning strikes can be quite mysterious on their own and the damage they can do, those affects might not show up for hours later, as they did in this situation," Greater Sudbury's acting deputy fire chief, Jesse Oshell told CBC News.
There is currently no estimate of the damage yet, but officials say much of the church building was burned.
