One international visitor is dead and dozens more are injured after a tent collapsed at a Buddhist meditation centre Wednesday evening in a small community northwest of Edmonton.

RCMP say a structure collapsed in severe weather around 5:30 p.m. MT at the Westlock Meditation Centre in Busby, Alta., about 70 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

“A severe weather storm came in with some severe winds and at one point the tent structure collapsed on many occupants,” RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said.

EMS assessed 60 people for injuries, and transported 40 to hospitals in Barrhead, Westlock, St. Albert and Edmonton, Alberta Health Services spokesperson James Wood said in a Thursday email. He said one person was dead when paramedics arrived.