Researchers with Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) have confirmed that a pair of weak tornadoes touched down in London last week as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl crossed through the region.
Both twisters touched down around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, and both have been rated EF-0, the lowest severity on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with estimated maximum wind speeds of 90 km/h.
No injuries were reported in either tornado, and the Northern Tornadoes Project says they were the only ones reported linked to Beryl’s remnants.
One of the tornadoes touched down in the city’s Hyde Park neighbourhood, causing weak tree damage and damage to some crops, and leaving a path about 10 metres wide, according to the NTP.
The twister travelled about 2.6 kilometres from the northern end of the London Hunt and Country Club, located northwest of Hyde Park Road and Oxford Street, to an area southwest of Hyde Park and Fanshawe Park Road.
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