Environment Canada confirmed at least one tornado hit the Ottawa area just after noon on Thursday, damaging several dozen homes in a city suburb.
Nicholas DeFazio, a spokesman for Ottawa Fire Services, said there were no injuries from the tornado, which damaged about 50 homes in the south-end Barrhaven neighbourhood.
Monica Vaswani, a warning preparedness meteorologist at Environment Canada, said additional funnel clouds have been reported but only one tornado had been confirmed as of 3:30 p.m. ET.
The community is about 22 kilometres south of Parliament Hill in the city’s rapidly growing south end. The streets hit feature detached homes and townhouses built in just the last few years….