Tornadoes hit Little Britain, Lorneville
Thursday afternoon’s tornado that levelled the roof of a house on Royal Oak Road near Manilla, about 60 kilometres west of Peterborough, was an EF2 tornado with estimated maximum wind speeds of 195 km/h. The tornado injured a woman, Carey Stacey, who was left trapped under rubble and was freed by her 11-year-old son Owen. They had been in the basement of the home helping a cocker spaniel give birth to a litter of babies. About 20 dogs on the property also survived the tornado. It happened at about 3:20 p.m. A damage survey team from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project was in the City of Kawartha Lakes over the weekend and confirmed that a tornado had developed north of Zephyr and continued east toward Little Britain, felling trees and knocking down hydro lines. The tornado track was about 30 km with a maximum width of 300 metres, according to Environment Canada. The storm from a passing cold front eventually prompted two tornado warnings for Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Environment Canada has also confirmed that EF2 tornadoes also hit Lorneville — just north of Woodville about 70 kilometres west of Peterborough — at 3:25 p.m., Dwight in Muskoka at 4:15 p.m., Lake Traverse in Algonquin Provincial Park at 5:10 p.m. and Barrie at 2:30 p.m., where 71 homes were left uninhabitable and 10 people were injured. The Lorneville tornado had estimated maximum wind speeds of 180 km/h, according to Environment Canada. It developed west of Lorneville and caused structural and tree damage while tracking east toward Hartley. The tornado track was 13 km long with a maximum width of 600 metres. Meanwhile, 22.8 millimetres of rain fell at the Peterborough Airport between 6 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Monday.