A team of researchers from Western University is heading to an area near Ottawa to document the damage caused by a tornado that touched down there earlier this week.
David Sills, director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, says a storm survey team will visit the area of Perth, Ont., southwest of Ottawa, likely on Saturday.
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He says the team will also assign an EF rating to the tornado, which touched down Wednesday evening and was confirmed based on video and radar evidence.
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The Northern Tornadoes Project aims to better detect tornado occurrence throughout Canada.
Environment Canada also confirmed there was a tornado in the area.
The agency had issued weather warnings Wednesday for Ottawa and parts of eastern Ontario.
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