Tornado touches down near Ottawa Thursday evening, Environment Canada says
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This article was published 03/08/2023 (1058 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
OTTAWA – Environment Canada says a tornado touched down in the Ottawa area Thursday evening during a severe thunderstorm.
It was confirmed near Metcalfe, Ont., a rural community about 30 kilometres southeast of Ottawa, just before 7 p.m. eastern time.
There were also a number of reports of hail throughout the national capital, along with strong winds and rain.
Ottawa Fire Services says part of a roof was ripped off a home in Riverside South, a community south of Nepean.
The fire service says everyone got out of the home safely and the home’s structural integrity was not damaged, but it’s not clear whether the damage was caused by a tornado.
Severe storms in mid-July brought tornados to Barrhaven, which is another south Ottawa neighbourhood, and to Mirabel, Que.
Barrhaven is only about 30 kilometres west of Metcalfe, where Thursday’s tornado was spotted.
About 125 homes were damaged in Barrhaven during the July 13 storm, said Kim Ayotte, the general manager of emergency and protective services for the City of Ottawa.
Most of the damage involved roofs being ripped off homes, broken windows and damage from falling trees. There were no serious injuries.
Aaron Jaffe, an engineering researcher at the Northern Tornado Project, told The Canadian Press in July that the tornado appeared to have had a path more than 100 metres wide and several kilometres long.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 3, 2023.
— With files from Liam Fox.