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I am the founder Highways & Hailstones. I live with my family in Toronto, Ontario – about 2000 miles from Oklahoma City and the heart of Tornado Alley. Every spring and summer, I travel down there, to the American Midwest, to witness the most awe-inspiring weather on the planet.
An in-depth exclusive interview with writer/director LINDSAY GOSSLING and renowned stormchaser TRAVIS FARNCOMBE talking the riveting 13 MINUTES. The tale of...
- June 2, 2019 . EF1 Tornado at Orleans
- September 21, 2018 . EF3 Tornado from Kinburn – Dunrobin – Gatineau
- September 21, 2018 . EF2 Tornado at Nepean
- July 29, 2013 . EF0 Tornado in Ottawa
- June 23, 2011 . F0 Tornado at Kanata
- April 25, 2009 . F0 Tornado in Ottawa
- June 23, 2002 . F2 Tornado at Fallowfield
- May 24, 2000 . F1 Tornado at Gloucester
- July 23, 1996 . F1 Tornado at Woodlawn
- August 4, 1994 . F2 Tornado at Carp
Less than one year after communities around Ottawa were devastated by powerful tornadoes that decimated forests and blew apart blocks of homes, residents once again watched in awe as a tornado raced through city neighbourhoods. This tornado was thankfully weaker, an EF1, but caused considerable damage as it swept through Orleans. It spun up at 5:54...
This was the most significant tornado to hit Ontario since the Goderich tornado of 2011 and one of the most powerful since the 1985 EF4s at Barrie and Grand Valley. It formed near the community of Kinburn, where farms and homes suffered significant damage. Residents captured photos and videos of the tornado as it passed by the town, a large cone wi...
Shortly after the first EF3 tornado that ripped Kinburn, Dunrobin and Gatineau dissipated, this second tornado struck at around 6:00pm. It touched down near the Veterans Memorial Highway and then decimated forest as it approached the heavily-populated Arlington Woods neighbourhood of residential Ottawa. It ripped through blocks of homes and caused ...
This EF0 tornado struck the Pine View Golf Course on the east side of Ottawa, causing light tree and property damage. The damage occurred in a long track that was approximately 100m wide. It touched down at around 5:00pm as witnesses reported viewing a funnel cloud in the Blair Road area. It then passed through the golf course as witnesses caught v...
Several witnesses captured this F0 tornado in photos and on video as it touched down briefly near Kanata. It did not cause any notable damage.
The tornado touched down at 7:30pm and travelled for 5km through the west end of Ottawa, from Brittania Park to Carlington Heights. Along its path that was between 50m and 150m wide, the tornado snapped and uprooted trees, knocked down power poles and peeled the roofing from a few apartment complexes, earning it a high-end F0 rating. People reporte...
The tornado was only on the ground for 1 kilometre, but it had a width of 500 metres and passed directly through Fallowfield. The twister snapped and uprooted trees, caused structural damage to almost all houses in the village, and sent debris scattered throughout. At one home, a large piece of lumber was found piercing the bottom of an in-ground s...
At 5:00 pm, the tornado touched down in a neighbourhood about 5 kilometres to the east of downtown Ottawa, and travelled for 3 kilometres along Ogilvie Road. Trees were snapped and uprooted, power poles knocked down and fences torn apart. An apartment building had most of its roof torn off, as did one nearby house, and the canopy was ripped off of ...
Half of the roof was torn off of the Torbolton Public School’s gymnasium as this probable tornado touched down between 3:00 and 3:30pm. Roofs were torn off of barns, one of which collapsed, and trees were snapped and uprooted. Witnesses described observing the tornado which had the appearance of a plume of swirling smoke. Damage was estimated at $1...
This tornado touched down at around 3:30pm near Carp, causing extensive damage at area farms. At one that was particularly hard hit, a farmhouse was left pockmarked by flying debris and had windows smashed and large sections of its roof torn off. A neighbouring barn also had portions of its roof ripped off before the structure collapsed entirely. A...
An in-depth exclusive interview with writer/director LINDSAY GOSSLING and renowned stormchaser TRAVIS FARNCOMBE talking the riveting 13 MINUTES.
Travis Farncombe is a Canadian storm chaser, The Founder of Highways and Hailstones, and one of the filmmakers behind the brand new movie 13 Minutes; he coll...
Nov 2, 2021 · The local weather person is Brad (Peter Facinelli); his wife, Kim (Amy Smart), is head of the local emergency response team. Finally, there is Ana (Paz Vega), who is trying to save enough to buy...
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