Environment Canada confirms Tornado landed in Ottawa area – Ottawa

Environment Canada confirmed a tornado made landfall in the Ottawa area earlier this week, but says the damage is still being assessed.

In a weather summary, the agency says it happened Wednesday in the community of Franktown, about 60 kilometers southwest of Ottawa.

There were also reports of multiple funnel clouds as thunderstorms passed south of the city in the Richmond and Kemptville areas, and some damage to trees and property was reported in Richmond.

Environment Canada says severe thunderstorms battered parts of central and southeastern Ontario that day, with multiple reports of hail the size of peas to ping-pong balls in the Kingston and Prince Edward counties areas.

A waterspout was also sighted near Sauble Beach and the Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed that it made landfall and caused EF0 or light damage along a five-kilometer path.

According to Environment Canada, there have been reports of fallen trees between Sauble Beach and Sauble Falls, and power outages in the northern parts of Sauble Beach.