Comments | Charlottetown PE, July 3, 1974. At 4:30 pm, Charlottetown and the surrounding area received a half-hour storm of thunder, lightning, 30 mm of rain, large hailstones, and winds up to 140 km/h. Damages reported were: broken windows, doors torn from frames, shingles lifted from roofs, buildings blown down, trees and shrubbery uprooted, electric and telephone lines knocked out by fallen trees, and damaged crops. The damage was most severe in Sherwood, East Royalty, Mermaid, and Johnston's River. The airport in Charlottetown reported that planes were flipped over. |