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July 19 - twelve tornadoes were confirmed in southwestern Ontario and parts of Quebec after storms swept the region. In the morning hours, a line of severe storms swept through Southern Ontario leaving a trail of destruction from nine tornadoes and several downbursts. Of the nine tornadoes, six were given EF1 ratings and caused damage to ...
The May 2022 Canadian derecho was a high-impact derecho [5] event that affected the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Canada's most densely populated region, on May 21, 2022.. Described by meteorologists as a historic derecho and one of the most impactful thunderstorms in Canadian history, [6] [7] winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph) as well as around four tornadoes caused widespread and extensive ...
The severe weather threat was expected to move eastward to affect southern Ontario and a part of southwestern Quebec the next day. [6] On September 21, a significant severe weather threat was confirmed across southern Ontario and the Outaouais region of Quebec, with the potential for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes noted. [7]
Even as the Canadian storm that triggered intense lake-effect snow and heavy snow squalls and brought the first flakes of the season to much of the Interstate 95 Northeast is moving away, shifting ...
The 21 May 2022 derecho in southern Ontario and western Quebec travelled lengthwise along the most heavily populated region in Canada, reaching peak wind speeds of 190 km/h. [32] The derecho killed 10 people and caused $875 million property damage, the sixth largest "insured loss event" in Canadian history. [33]
The peak season for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in Canada is in the summer months, although tornadoes in Canada have occurred in spring, fall and very rarely winter. In Canada, tornadoes are rated based on the damage they cause using a set of " Damage Indicators " which estimate wind speeds based on different levels of damage.
June 22 - severe storms and probable tornadoes passed over Southwestern Ontario resulting in damage. The first tornado, an F2, touched down near Innerkip, Ontario, and continued to an area just north of Drumbo, Ontario, destroying everything in its path. Orchards and crops were destroyed.
This tornado outbreak ranks among the Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005 and the 1998 Ice Storm as one of the most costly weather disasters to strike Ontario. Climatologists have estimated that the probability of a severe weather outbreak as widespread and catastrophic as this one, occurring this far north and east in North America once ...