There is plenty of clean-up today, after a severe weather system hammered southern Ontario with heavy rain, thunder and wind, causing significant damage in some areas.
Numerous power outages and heavy downpours were also reported across Simcoe-Muskoka yesterday and at one point last night, Hydro One said it was working to restore power to 27-thousand customers due to the high winds and heavy rain.
The storm prompted tornado warnings in some areas and left damage in a number of regions due to the powerful winds that exceeded 100 km/h in many areas.
Powerful winds, torrential rainfall, and hail accompanied tornado warnings from Environment Canada as a cluster of storms tracked through the Huron-Perth and Grey-Bruce regions late Tuesday afternoon.
The Weather Network says dozens of downed trees have also been reported in areas such as Lucknow, Kingsbridge, Port Albert and Port Elgin.
The tornado warnings have since ended and there hasn’t been any confirmation of one occurring at this time.
For more details from The Weather Network, please click here.
A waterspout, a tornado over water, formed over Lake Huron just as severe thunderstorms were beginning their march across southern Ontario Tuesday afternoon.
📹: Graham, Port Albert, Ontario #ONStorm #ONwx #ShareYourWeather pic.twitter.com/0oK3xxkizu
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) September 8, 2021
Powerful winds, torrential rainfall & hail accompanied tornado warnings after a cluster of storms tracked through southern Ontario Tuesday afternoon into the evening.
The line of storms will weaken as it moves through eastern sections of the province through the night. #ONstorm pic.twitter.com/b4NimpIfdU
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) September 8, 2021
Significant damage north of the town of Kingsbridge on Hwy 21. @weathernetwork #onstorm pic.twitter.com/sDICKR5b6C
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) September 7, 2021
A tornado was observed over Lake Huron earlier today (see https://t.co/mtAVs7c35W). It appears it came ashore causing damage to barns, trees, etc.
Two NTP teams will survey this and other damage tomorrow. Please send additional reports to @NTP_Reports or ntp@uwo.ca. #ONStorm
— Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 (@westernuNTP) September 8, 2021