Severe Storm in London Produced a Tornado, Experts Confirm
Researchers have not confirmed any tornadoes yet as crews restore power to thousands after severe thunderstorms hit southwestern Ontario.
- Utility crews worked on Wednesday to restore power to thousands of Ontario customers after powerful thunderstorms downed trees and prompted tornado warnings across the province.
- Environment Canada issued tornado warnings for London and Brantford on Tuesday evening after unusually warm temperatures collided with an advancing cold front over the past two days.
- Hydro One reported 2,700 customers without power in southwestern Ontario as of 8:30 a.m., while London Hydro addressed outages for more than 2,000 residents in the Argyle neighbourhood.
- Police in Huntsville confirmed a 19-year-old died after being struck by a falling tree during the storm. Researchers from the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University are investigating potential tornado damage.
- Environment Canada meteorologist Alyssa Young warned that wind gusts reached 110 km/h, urging residents to "find an interior room away from glass" or seek basement shelter during severe weather.
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Cleanup begins after severe storms roll through southwestern Ontario, prompting concerns of tornadoes
Those warnings, along with severe thunderstorm warnings, have since been lifted across southwestern Ontario, and it remains to be seen whether a tornado actually touched down.
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Crews restore power to storm-battered Ontario as tornado teams probe damage
Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of Ontario customers after powerful thunderstorms downed trees and prompted tornado warnings.
Canada has seen 8 tornadoes so far. How’s this season shaping up?
Cleanup is underway in some southwestern Ontario cities after severe weather swept across the region on Tuesday, and at least one tornado is believed to have touched down. Environment Canada issued multiple red alert tornado warnings for areas including Brantford and the County of Brant, Simcoe-Delhi-Norfolk and Woodstock-Tillsonburg-Oxford County. The city of London was also under the warning. “We did have tornado warnings that spanned a large …
Crews restore power to storm-battered Ontario as tornado teams probe damage – 105.9 The Region
Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of Ontario customers after powerful thunderstorms downed trees and prompted tornado warnings. Hydro One says about 2,700 customers are without power as of 8:30 a.m. in southwestern Ontario after last night’s storm. Another 3,000 customers were also in the dark in central Ontario, the focus of a powerful Monday storm. Storm researchers are in the areas of London and Huntsville to investigate…
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