Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour.
Weather damage is seen in Tres-Saint-Redempteur, Quebec, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
The agency says in a statement today that the storm's path was 14 kilometres long, from Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Que., to Pointe-Fortune. Data collected by the Northern Tornadoes Project from Western University in London, Ont., place the tornado as an EF-1, which is on the lower end of the Enhanced Fujita Scale used to measure tornado severity.
The tornado tore through the communities roughly 60 kilometres west of Montreal at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, taking seconds to rip apart homes, vehicles and farm buildings. Très-Saint-Rédempteur Mayor Julie Lemieux said the tornado toppled trees and damaged several homes and farm buildings in her community as well as in nearby Rigaud.
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