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Multiple tornadoes were confirmed in Manitoba and Saskatchewan after a stormy Sunday, they are the newest twisters amid a record-breaking storm season in the Prairies, ECCC said.

The Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed two additional tornadoes landed in Manitoba during Sunday's storm, bringing the regional total to four.

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority says there's a higher potential for flooding in its river systems. It also warned that its watersheds are already saturated.

Researchers have confirmed that a storm that damaged trees and buildings in a suburb north of Montreal on Sunday was in fact a tornado.

Two tornadoes in southern Ontario came as Environment Canada issued a tornado alert Saturday, warning of damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall. 

The Northern Tornadoes Project is investigating whether the severe storm that hit Repentigny, Que., on Sunday may have spawned a tornado.

There are several overlapping advisories for both severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, with storms expected to materialize in the late afternoon across central Alberta.

Two tornadoes with a rating of EF2 touched down within 20 minutes of each other in Rocky Mountain House and Clearwater County on July 18, Environment Canada has confirmed.

Environment Canada meteorologist Dominic Martel said an investigation is underway, but he is 'pretty certain' the storm consisted of a tornado.

Tornado warnings were briefly issued for parts of southern Ontario on Saturday, but have since been lifted. 

The director of the Northern Tornadoes Project explains the work his research team does and what observations they've made about Alberta's 2026 summer storm season.

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre states that there are 919 active wildfires in Canada, with 3,891 total year-to-date wildfires. 

As heat waves blanket parts of Canada, experts say the extreme heat and humidity can also 'fuel' severe thunderstorms — and even tornadoes.

A red tornado warning was issued by Environment Canada around 5:30 p.m. Saturday for the County of Vermilion River, Alta., but was cancelled roughly 30 minutes later.

A potentially record-breaking summer storm season in Saskatchewan is showing no sign of letting up. Severe weather ripped through the province again over the weekend.

Conditions are ripe for the development of severe thunderstorms that may generate strong wind gusts, large hail, heavy rain and possibly tornadoes, Environment Canada said.

Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for parts of Manitoba, saying a severe thunderstorm may be producing a tornado west of Salt Point.

Kingston had been placed under a red-alert tornado warning on June 30, with the Northern Tornadoes Project confirming an EF0 and EF1 tornado hit the reagion.

Across the three prairie provinces there have been 48 tornadoes so far this year. The annual average is 34.

The Alberta RCMP are expected to provide an update Thursday afternoon after two tornadoes are reported to have touched down Wednesday evening in eastern Alberta.