Tornado

A severe thunderstorm with wins speeds the equivalent of a low-grade tornado swept through Durham Region Saturday afternoon causing widespread damage and ...

Sending positive thoughts to the team at@Thesecondwedgein Uxbridge, which was heavily damaged by a tornado earlier today. “The town of Uxbridge is reeling right now, after a likely tornado went through earlier this afternoon. The damage was even more acute in Uxbridge where roofs were ripped off buildings and cars were seen flipped upside down.

Two people are dead after a powerful tornado ripped roofs off buildings and flipped cars in a northern Michigan town on Friday, prompting the governor to ...

We will do what it takes to rebuild." "There had been trailers picked up and turned over on top of each other and, you know, just a very large debris field from the trailers." "I imagine it was deafening for those in its path," Smith said. "It took out an insane amount of buildings and just jeopardized so many lives," said Jordan Awrey, a Gaylord city council member. "My heart goes out to the families and small businesses impacted by the tornado and severe weather in Gaylord," she said on social media. Roads were also blocked by downed trees and powerlines.

GAYLORD, Mich. — A second person died in a rare tornado that hit a small community in northern Michigan, state police said Saturday. The person was in their ...

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The deaths were reported in a mobile home park on the outskirts of Gaylord, where crews continued to search the wreckage on Saturday.

Crews continued to look on Saturday for a person who was reported missing from another part of the region. One of them was found overnight Friday during a search of the mobile home park with a cadaver dog. “Up here, stuff like this doesn’t happen,” said Joshua Comoford, 22, who was handing out drinks to firefighters and volunteers on Saturday at the mobile home park. As cleanup began on Saturday, and as more than 40 people were treated for injuries, officials struggled to make sense of the damage in a region where tornadoes are rare. Mr. Clayton said he had heard about the coming storm only because of a call from his older brother, Declan, who was at a Meijer gas station just down the street and saw swirling winds and circling birds in the sky. Smashed bricks and shattered plywood were strewn outside the entrance of a Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

The weather service earlier indicated top wind speeds of 140 mph. The twister ranks 16th in injuries and 21st in fatalities in Michigan since 1950, according to ...

“The two fatalities, for example, with this event in Gaylord occurred in that trailer park, and that's just a function of those structures just not being very good at withstanding strong winds,” Keysor said. “This is the fifth tornado to ever be recorded in the county since 1950, but the other previous four none of them actually impacted Gaylord,” he said. “The state of Michigan, we don't get that many tornadoes in general compared to other parts of the country,” Keysor said. And we have a lot of homes." "So the tornado that happened to hit the western parts of Gaylord — a mile further west, for example, it probably doesn't hardly impact anybody. “There are a lot of automobiles damaged,” he said. “If you look at the historical database we go through many, many years, sometimes decades without seeing a death from a tornado. “This is pretty rare.” We want them to know that everyone in Michigan is going to wrap their arms around those families,” he said, from a lectern at Kirtland Community college, wearing dark jeans and a blue button down shirt. He said officials were working hard to get power and internet back on, and he also reminded impacted residents to call 911 in case of emergencies. Many streetlights along the main thoroughfare in Gaylord were back on by Saturday afternoon. “This is pretty rare.”

The tornado struck Gaylord, a city of about 4200 people roughly 230 miles (370 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, around 3:45 p.m. Friday.

“In the state of Michigan, in general, we typically average about 15 or so (a year) and more of those are downstate than they are up to the north. “If we had these more frequently, that may be a signal.” “It’s a lot more personal when our officers know the people who live in those homes.” It doesn’t have tornado sirens, though anyone with a mobile phone got a “code red” warning from the weather service about 10 minutes before the tornado hit, Carroll said. Just a very large debris field,” said Chris Martin, Otsego County fire chief. Tornadoes are so uncommon in northern Michigan that Gaylord doesn’t have a siren system to warn people about hazardous weather.

A rare northern Michigan tornado that hammered a small town has killed at least one person and injured more than 40.

There were a lot of emergency vehicles heading from the east side of town.” The last time Gaylord had a severe wind storm was in 1998, when straight-line winds reached 100 mph, Keysor said. Other video showed extensive damage along the city's Main Street. One building appeared to be largely collapsed and a Goodwill store was badly damaged. Brian Lawson, a spokesman for Munson Healthcare, said Otsego Memorial Hospital was treating 23 people injured by the tornado and that one person was killed. “There are roofs ripped off businesses, a row of industrial-type warehouses,” Thrasher said. The patrol planned to hold a briefing Saturday morning. They took shelter in the walk-in cooler, where they could hear windows shattering. Her mother then called and she assured her mom she was OK. It blew the back off the building,” he said. At least half the building is still here. The whole roof is missing. “Twenty feet (6 meters) of the back wall is gone.

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes, says Environment Canada.

The agency says people should prepare to take cover if severe storms approach. The agency also is advising people to watch out for lightning. Other areas affected are Beauce, Drummondville-Bois-Francs, Mauricie and Montmagny—L’Islet. The greater Montreal area and the Laurentians are under a storm watch.

Environment Canada has issued tornado watches across many parts of central and southern Quebec today. Severe thunderstorms are also in the forecast for ...

To stay safe during a tornado, the agency recommends heading indoors to the lowest-level room possible, away from walls and windows facing the outdoors, such as in a basement or closet. As a last resort, it recommends lying in a low spot and protecting your head from any flying debris. Over 545,500 customers were out of power as of 7:40 p.m. ET, Hydro Quebec said, much of them in the Quebec City, Outaouais, Laurentians, Lanaudière and the Montérégie regions.

Severe thunderstorm advisories lit up Quebecers' cell phones warning of extreme weather and encouraging residents to take shelter from incoming storms. RELATED ...

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GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) — A second person died in a tornado that hit northern Michigan, authorities reported Saturday, as crews searched a mobile home park that ...

“In the state of Michigan, in general, we typically average about 15 or so (a year) and more of those are downstate than they are up to the north. “If we had these more frequently, that may be a signal.” “It's a lot more personal when our officers know the people who live in those homes.” Electricity was out for thousands of people in the area, and some roads still were clogged with downed poles and other wreckage. Just a very large debris field,” said Chris Martin, Otsego County fire chief. “There have been trailers picked up and turned over on top of each other.

A severe thunderstorm that passed through Durham on Saturday afternoon brought down power lines and trees across the region and left residents shocked by ...

“Meteorologists are tracking a very dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing destructive wind gusts and up to toonie-sized hail,” the alert said. It was the first time this had ever been done for a storm in the province, he said. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience," the company said. The Second Wedge Brewing Co. in Uxbridge also sustained major damage and will be closed until further notice. The public is asked to stay off the roads to help staff focus on the hazards rather than manage traffic congestion." "While the township assesses the damage, the public is asked to stay away from downed power lines and keep children and pets away from downed lines and fallen trees until the hazards can be addressed," said Uxbridge Mayor Dave Barton in a statement shared on social media.