Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado touched down in Thornbury, Ont., during Friday’s storm through Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project. The tornado followed a path through the town before it entered into Georgian Bay. According to a weather summary issued by Environment Canada, the tornado damaged a tree, a power pole and a street lamp.…
Man killed by falling tree during Ontario storm that spawned six tornadoes
A 46-year-old man was killed during the Sept. 21 storm that produced six tornadoes in eastern Ontario. Darren Smith died after a maple tree fell on him during the storm near his home. His 17-year-old daughter, who was beside him when the tree fell, survived. Smith lived in Rideau Lakes, Ont., approximately 60 kilometres north…
Tornado touched down in southern Ontario during weekend storms: Environment Canada
Environment Canada has confirmed that a tornado touched down in southern Ontario Saturday night as a system of powerful thunderstorms swept through the province. “An Environment Canada storm damage team has determined that a thunderstorm during the early evening hours of September 10th produced a tornado,” the agency said in a news release issued Monday.…
Neighbours rally around expecting couple whose property damaged by tornado
Neighbours in Windsor, Ont. have rallied around a family whose home and property were severely damaged by last week’s tornado. Bringing rakes, saws and other equipment, neighbours and complete strangers came by over the weekend to help remove trees and other debris from Eric and Megan Bobaljik’s property. The couple wasn’t there, as the night…
Confirmed F1 tornado wreaks havoc on Windsor, Ontario area
LASALLE, ONTARIO — Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado with winds as high as 80 and 110 mph touched down in the Windsor, Ontario area Wednesday night, Aug. 24. The city of Windsor reports four suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the F1 twister. Global News Canada reports EC officials said it was Ontario’s strongest tornado since…
Ontario’s third tornado of the season confirmed
The damage inflicted by destructive winds gusting up to 120 km/hr garnered an EF-0 rating for the twister, based on an investigation by the weather agency. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale ranges from 0 to 5, with rankings based on wind speeds and the amount of damage observed on the ground once the storm has…
Ontario on track to have first tornado-free June in 15 years
Forecasters say mostly calm skies are likely to continue into July… If the sunny and dry weather keeps up, Ontario could have its first tornado-free June in 15 years. Not since 2001 have the skies over Ontario been so quiet with most of the major weather events on the continent, such as heavy downpours, hail…