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TEVIOTDALE, Ont. – Weather experts say a tornado ripped through a southwestern Ontario community Sunday night, tearing the roof from a bungalow and damaging several police cars.
Environment Canada has issued a statement that says the violent winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour occurred in Teviotdale, northwest of Kitchener.
It says the tornado left about nine kilometres of damage in its wake, including destroying the exteriors of two homes, ripping through barns, wrecking cars and downing both trees and power lines.
The tornado touched down at about 9 p.m. amid an extreme bout of rain, wind and hail in southwest and southern Ontario that knocked out power to thousands.
About 900 hydro workers were still working on Monday trying to restore power to the last of about 50,000 Ontarians who were still in the dark after the previous day’s storms.
Environment Canada says there may have been another brief tornado or two during the province’s first bout of severe storms, but there was no serious damage or confirmed reports.
Nearly 50,000 had their power knocked out yesterday when a severe weather system blew through southwest and southern Ontario.
Hydro One estimates the power will be back on for most of its customers by about 10 p.m. tonight.
Police say the heavy rain, hail and high winds brought on reports of downed trees and power lines along with minor injuries.
Environment Canada issued tornado warnings for many areas at one point late Sunday afternoon, but later downgraded them to severe thunderstorm warnings in most areas.
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