More than one tornado touched down in Long Plain First Nation last night. Eric Daniels and Tarik Zeid were among a group of six boys who hid in a basement in a house when its roof was ripped away.

Daniels shares his experience.

"All of us were in the living room. And then we heard (makes crashing sounds) something crumbling. And then we were all outside. And we seen a tornado over there (points northeast), and then we all went into the basement. The roof was off, and it crumbled down into the second floor."

Zeid adds, "Me and my cousin were at the store, and then the power went out. And we looked outside and saw a tornado touched won. So, we ran back here (to the house) to warn the others. Then we stayed outside for a little bit. And then  after it got deadly we all went into the cellar. Ten or fifteen minutes later, his dad came and go t us. But then he said as soon as we left another one touched down, because there was a big one and then another skinny one."     

Long Plain First Nation resident Valerie Contois was in her car when at least two tornadoes struck the community last night. She explains her harrowing experience.

"I was driving and I was on the west side of the band office. And I couldn't see, and my vehicle was shaking. So I drove. I couldn't tell where I was driving. But when everything cleared I was parked up against the bush. I guess that was the safest place. But it felt like I was in it, because my vehicle was shaking. And I was so scared. I've never been so scared in my life."

The Long Plain Spirit Lodge was the location for people to gather who required extra care after at least two tornadoes touched down in Long Plain First Nation last night.  Arrowhead Development Corporation worker Mary Pratt was helping arrange evacuations at the lodge.

"We're doing emergencies for families that have newborns, elderly people with disabilities and health issues, and we're putting them up at Days Inn for emergency purposes. And they'll be there overnight, because the hydro will not be on probably for a couple of hours. So, we're just doing emergency for the families that need it. We already booked a bunch of rooms at Days Inn. And we'll be probably going into other motels. They're already on their way into Portage la Prairie. Hopefully we can help our community members in a good way here. That's why we're here.  We're skin-tortured by mosquitoes, but we're helping them."

Here are pictures from Long Plain First Nation, Southport, and Oakville. 

Long Plain First Nation