Craig Henry in Ottawa's west end is one of a handful of neighbourhoods hit the hardest by a pair of tornadoes that ripped through the city Friday. Dozens of homes and hydro poles were destroyed or torn down and one person was injured near Hunt Club and Greenbank roads after an EF-2 tornado with wind speeds of up to 220 km/h touched down in Nepean. A second EF-3 tornado, with wind speeds of up to 265 km/h, tracked from the Dunrobin area in the city's rural west end across the Ottawa River into Gatineau. Mayor Jim Watson said the areas severely hit in Ottawa include Dunrobin, Craig Henry and Arlington Woods, the Hunt Club-Riverside area and the Paul Anka-McCarthy area. Dave Bourgeau, another resident in Craig Henry, said he was home with his wife when the tornado hit.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2018 17:03 UTC