3 tornadoes hit Niagara Region on Monday, researchers confirm [Video]

Researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) have confirmed three tornadoes hit the Niagara Region on Monday.

Connell Miller, an engineering researcher with the NTP at Western University, told CBC Hamilton the team is still trying to figure out “exactly what happened” but say one tornado that hit Fort Erie had wind speeds of up to 155 kilometres per hour.

NTP’s website states the tornado covered almost six kilometres, swirling the Peace Bridge.

The second tornado hit Stevensville and a third also hit Fort Erie before striking Buffalo. Miller said the details on those tornadoes are still being determined.

The National Weather Service in the U.S., says Buffalo was hit around 1 p.m., damaging buildings, flipping cars and trashing the city’s downtown with debris.

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