Dat hebben we ook weer achter de rug denk je dan. Vervolgens zie je 's ochtends in Breakfast Television (een kruising tussen Goedemorgen Nederland, Koffietijd en het journaal) dat er toch een paar tornado's (twisters, funnel winds of hoe ze het ook mogen noemen) aan de grond zijn gekomen en niet eens zo gek ver hiervandaan.
Ik vond onderstaand overzicht in een krantenartikel. Volgende keer toch maar met mijn kopje thee de kelder induiken?
Trail of death and destruction through the years
Ontario twisters
June 17, 1946 — Windsor
Originally touching down south of Detroit and then crossing the Detroit River, this twister was nicknamed the Windsor to Tecumseh Tornado. Seventeen people were killed and hundreds injured.
Aug. 20, 1970 — Sudbury
This rare northern-Ontario tornado touched down first in Lively and then ripped through Copper Cliff before hitting Sudbury. It killed six people and injured 200.
April 3, 1974 — Windsor
Part of the infamous North American Tornado Swarm or Super Outbreak of 1974, this twister killed nine people, injured 30 and destroyed a Windsor curling club.
May 31, 1985 — Barrie
Part of a major outbreak that first struck Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, this tornado killed 12 people, injured 155 and tossed about boats moored in a Lake Simcoe marina.
July 15, 1995 — Barrie
This early morning storm that swept through dozens of Ontario communities spawned at least three tornadoes. The storm was blamed for the death of a man killed at a Barrie flea market.
July 9, 2009 — Ear Falls
Three men from Oklahoma were killed at a fishing resort about 200 kilometres northeast of Kenora when this twister uprooted their cabin and dropped it into the lake.
GTA Twisters
July 6, 1985 — Mississauga
A tornado in the Meadowvale area injured 10 people and caused $400,000 damage.
Aug. 4, 1999 — Burlington
A tornado with a winding but narrow path damaged property and moved a motorhome two kilometres from where it had been parked in Burlington's north end.
Aug. 19, 2005
Numerous tornadoes touched down in southern Ontario, damaging homes in Kitchener and Guelph. The same storm cell caused extensive flooding in the Greater Toronto Area. It washed out roads and damaged storm sewers and electrical systems, causing more than $500 million in damage, which the Insurance Bureau of Canada said was the highest insured loss in the province's history.
Nov. 9, 2005 — Hamilton
A late-season tornado tore off part of a school roof and damaged businesses and homes.
July 17, 2006 — Newmarket
Two tornadoes hit, leaving a 10-kilometre swath of damage.
Compiled by Astrid Lange/Toronto Star Library
Sources: Toronto Star, Newmarket/Aurora Era-Banner, CBC, Environment Canada
Trail of death and destruction through the years
Ontario twisters
June 17, 1946 — Windsor
Originally touching down south of Detroit and then crossing the Detroit River, this twister was nicknamed the Windsor to Tecumseh Tornado. Seventeen people were killed and hundreds injured.
Aug. 20, 1970 — Sudbury
This rare northern-Ontario tornado touched down first in Lively and then ripped through Copper Cliff before hitting Sudbury. It killed six people and injured 200.
April 3, 1974 — Windsor
Part of the infamous North American Tornado Swarm or Super Outbreak of 1974, this twister killed nine people, injured 30 and destroyed a Windsor curling club.
May 31, 1985 — Barrie
Part of a major outbreak that first struck Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, this tornado killed 12 people, injured 155 and tossed about boats moored in a Lake Simcoe marina.
July 15, 1995 — Barrie
This early morning storm that swept through dozens of Ontario communities spawned at least three tornadoes. The storm was blamed for the death of a man killed at a Barrie flea market.
July 9, 2009 — Ear Falls
Three men from Oklahoma were killed at a fishing resort about 200 kilometres northeast of Kenora when this twister uprooted their cabin and dropped it into the lake.
GTA Twisters
July 6, 1985 — Mississauga
A tornado in the Meadowvale area injured 10 people and caused $400,000 damage.
Aug. 4, 1999 — Burlington
A tornado with a winding but narrow path damaged property and moved a motorhome two kilometres from where it had been parked in Burlington's north end.
Aug. 19, 2005
Numerous tornadoes touched down in southern Ontario, damaging homes in Kitchener and Guelph. The same storm cell caused extensive flooding in the Greater Toronto Area. It washed out roads and damaged storm sewers and electrical systems, causing more than $500 million in damage, which the Insurance Bureau of Canada said was the highest insured loss in the province's history.
Nov. 9, 2005 — Hamilton
A late-season tornado tore off part of a school roof and damaged businesses and homes.
July 17, 2006 — Newmarket
Two tornadoes hit, leaving a 10-kilometre swath of damage.
Compiled by Astrid Lange/Toronto Star Library
Sources: Toronto Star, Newmarket/Aurora Era-Banner, CBC, Environment Canada
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