MONTREAL — Three tornadoes touched down on Quebec territory Wednesday, Environment Canada has confirmed, causing damage to trees and infrastructure and injuring at least one person.
A tornado formed in Montreal's South Shore suburb of Brossard just before 8:15 p.m. and uprooted trees, overturned a semi-trailer truck and damaged infrastructure, the weather agency said. Tornadoes also hit St-Hippolyte, Que., located in the Laurentians region, and Cap-Santé, Que., west of the provincial capital.
The storm that hit the South Shore Wednesday knocked out power to more than 3,500 customers, but electricity was almost fully restored by the following morning. “Wind speed can only be estimated from the kind of damage that was produced,” Fleury said, explaining that researchers at Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project will determine wind strength after assessing the health of the trees and the state of damaged structures in an affected area.
In an email, the municipality of St-Hippolyte said a house caught fire when a tree fell on an electrical system.
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