Ottawa Tornado

• Tornado touches down near Ottawa Thursday evening, Environment Canada says

  It was confirmed near Metcalfe, Ont., a rural community about 30 kilometres southeast of Ottawa, just before 7 p.m. eastern time.

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  Aug 3, 2023
  
• Much of eastern Ontario under tornado watch

  Environment Canada says the Ottawa, Kingston and northeastern parts of Ontario might be hit by large hail, high winds and tornadoes Thursday afternoon.

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  Aug 3, 2023
  
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• Barrhaven tornado shows how twisters in Canada are changing: ‘It’s concerning’

  Historically in Canada, tornadoes are most common in the Prairies. However, researchers are noticing tornado occurrences moving more eastward, into Ontario.

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  Jul 14, 2023
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• Tornado hits Ottawa suburb in ‘potent storm system,’ over 100 homes damaged

  Ottawa police and city officials confirmed a tornado touched down in Barrhaven, damaging homes and downing electrical infrastructure in the area.

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  Jul 13, 2023
• Select permit fees waived for Ottawa residents rebuilding after Orléans tornado

  Ottawa city council voted on Wednesday to have the municipal planning department waive certain types of permit fees for those affected residents.

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  Jun 12, 2019
• ‘Absolutely crazy experience’: Pilot shoots video of Ottawa tornado from above

  The pilot says they were trying to find a place to land when they noticed the funnel cloud forming.

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  Jun 4, 2019
• Carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires: Trudeau

  Trudeau said Canadians are seeing the impact of climate change with an increase in wildfires in Western Canada, recent tornadoes in Ottawa and flooding across the country.

  Jun 4, 2019
• Tornadoes over Ottawa just ‘bad luck’ says Environment Canada

  Environment Canada says these storms could have happened anywhere, they just happened to happen over Ottawa.

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  Jun 3, 2019
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• Ottawa tornado victim braces for flood peak as river threatens rental home

  Graeme Olmsted is one of many residents in the national capital who have been affected by two or three natural disasters in a short period of time.

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  Apr 30, 2019
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• Ottawa peewee hockey team rallies support in final days of contest, would donate $100K prize to tornado relief

  The local West Carleton Warriors peewee hockey team is rallying for support in the final days of a contest that could see them win $100,000 to donate to Ottawa tornado relief efforts.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2019