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A speeding wall of ice has thundered across Lake Dauphin about 300 kilometres north of Winnipeg and smashed into a community of 20 cottages. Residents are stunned by the surprise occurrence and the damage that has been done. Many can hardly believe that tons of ice could have moved so quickly and arrived without any warning. The Deputy Reeve of Ochre Lake has told the CBC that many people were watching hockey in their living rooms when they felt the house shake and heard their decks splintering into junk. A woman recounts looking outside around dinner and seeing the ice wall coming rapidly at her home. She shouted to her husband to get out and followed him in making an escape. The CBC report linked here says locals recall this type of thing only once before in living memory — that was in the 1960s. No one was injured in the ice onslaught. See video.
