Survey team confirms a tornado touched down in Hamilton Wednesday
Posted October 1, 2020 6:57 am.
Last Updated October 1, 2020 2:32 pm.
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You may have seen a sprinkle of rain around the GTA on Wednesday, but some people in the northern Hamilton were slammed by a violent thunderstorm around the dinner hour — that spawned a tornado.
A survey team associated with Environment Canada, the Northern Tornadoes Project, confirms that a brief tornado caused a narrow path of damage near the hamlet of Strabane.
The team rates it an EF1, with maximum sustained winds of 150 km/hr.
Photos online show some significant damage to vehicles and homes in the rural area.
Apparently, nobody was hurt.
The GTHA could be in for another unpredictable afternoon with boil-up thunderstorms possible across the region today.
