VANCOUVER – Environment Canada said a tornado with winds reaching 110 kilometers per hour passed over the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on Saturday.
The weather bureau’s confirmation comes after a damage investigation, which found broken and uprooted trees, debris, downed power lines and a damaged vehicle.
An update released Monday afternoon says the preliminary EF0 score, which is the lowest on the Fujita tornado scale, could change if more information becomes available.
Environment Canada previously reported a tornado over the Strait of Georgia just west of Vancouver International Airport around 5 p.m. on November 6.
The weather office says the storm then swept through a section of the University of British Columbia campus, where buses, pedestrians and cyclists were diverted from a main access road that was still cleared of trees. and branches that fell on Monday.
No one was injured and Environment Canada’s tornado watch was quickly lifted.
British Columbia has been hit by a series of unusual weather events, ranging from a heat dome in late June that created the hottest temperatures on record in Canada, to two so-called cyclones that hit the south coast last month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on November 8, 2021.
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