Residents in parts of southern Ottawa are left picking up debris after a tornado tore through the area Thursday evening.
Environment Canada confirmed a tornado formed northwest of Metcalfe, a community in rural south Ottawa.
No reported injuries were associated with the storm, Ottawa Paramedic Service said on Thursday evening. But residents across the area reported hail, driving winds and downed trees.
Jacques Jodoin, who lives near Kelly Farm Drive in Ottawa’s Findlay Creek neighbourhood, said he saw from his backyard a funnel cloud forming.
“I saw the turning… cushions and garbage bins and everything turning,” he said. “I saw everything turning and grabbing speed so then I ran in
