A total of 1,200 tornado survivors have returned to Pine Lake with RCMP to retrieve personal items. Any survivors who have not yet visited the site will have to make arrangements with their insurance companies to recover their property. Clean-Up Authorities are satisfied that there are no victims in the lake. Although originally closed for clean-up, Pine Lake is now open to the public. The lake was opened August 1 after Alberta Environment staff completed clean-up operations and conducted an inspection.
Tests show the lake's water quality is consistent with the water's quality before the tornado.
Inert debris from the site is being deposited at a new disposal cell at the Ridgeview landfill. Alberta Environment will close the cell once all of the debris has been deposited. More than 1,600 volunteers, including trained personnel from 24 Search and Rescue units, have provided disaster relief services near Pine Lake since July 14. The Red Cross registered more than 1,100 people at Pine Lake in response to the tornado. Help is Still Needed Contact your local Canadian Blood Services office to see if they need blood donations.