{"id":159722,"date":"2026-08-07T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/159722\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:47:10","slug":"researchers-confirm-a-tornado-touched-down-in-repentigny-que-on-aug-2-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/159722\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers confirm a tornado touched down in Repentigny, Que. on Aug. 2 – Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Researchers have confirmed that a storm that damaged trees and buildings in a suburb north of Montreal on Sunday was a tornado.<\/p>\n

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The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado<\/a> touched down in Repentigny, Que. at around 2 p.m. and caused some damage to buildings and other structures.<\/p>\n

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They say the tornado had an estimated maximum wind speed of 130 km\/h, a track length of one kilometre and a maximum path width of 100 metres.<\/p>\n

No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

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The researchers used drones and a ground survey to document the damage, which included a strip mall with panels torn off and an apartment building with shingle loss.<\/p>\n

The Northern Tornadoes Project previously reported that two other tornadoes touched down in southern Quebec on July 21, in St-Donat in the Lanaudi\u00e8re region and Harrington in the Laurentians.<\/p>\n

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