Tornado touches down in Drummondville
Roof blows off 4-storey building
CBC News
Posted: Sep 9, 2012 2:16 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 9, 2012 2:58 PM ET
A tornado with winds up to 120 km/h touched down in Drummondville. (Radio-Canada)
A tornado touched down in Drummondville on Saturday around 5:30 p.m., Environment Canada confirms.
Several parts of the province were hit by rain and strong winds.
René Héroux, meteorologist for Environment Canada, said the damages sustained to buildings prove that a tornado blew through the city.
The tornado is estimated to be at a force F0 with winds of about 120 kilometres per hour.
He said most of the damage was limited to the roof being lifted off a four-storey building.
This is the fifth tornado of the season in the province.
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