Sunday's tornado in photos and video

Ottawa has been hit with another tornado, just eight months after a series of powerful twisters wreaked havoc across the region. Here's what Sunday's funnel cloud looked like.

Twister first spotted in Orléans, moved east

CBC News · Posted: Jun 03, 2019 11:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 3, 2019

Tornado hits Ottawa-Gatineau

3 years ago

1:09

Winds that peaked at 135 km/h near the Gatineau airport ripped up roofs and trees Sunday evening.

Ottawa has been hit with another tornado, just eight months after a series of powerful twisters wreaked havoc across the region.

Sunday's confirmed tornado was first spotted in the east Ottawa suburb of Orléans at 5:54 p.m. It then moved east toward Cumberland.

Here's what it looked like.

The funnel cloud

A view of the tornado from Highway 17 near Cumberland on June 2, 2019. (Jason Desmatais)

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Video footage shows Sunday's tornado from the air

3 years ago

0:58

Jonathan Hilaire shot this video from the skies on Sunday evening as an EF1 tornado touched down in Ottawa's east end.

The damage

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A woman takes photos of trees damaged by a tornado in the Ottawa suburb of Orléans on Sunday, June 2, 2019. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

A man helps clear debris from fallen tree branches from a road after a tornado in the Ottawa suburb of Orléans on Sunday, June 2, 2019. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

Debris litters an Orléans yard on June 3, 2019, the day after a tornado hit the area. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC)

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