Tornadoes hit Ottawa area with top wind speed of 265 km/h

OTTAWA -- Environment Canada has confirmed that the Ottawa area was hit by two tornadoes late Friday afternoon. The national weather agency says a powerful EF-3 category twister -- with winds that reached 265 kilometres per hour -- ripped through the Ottawa neighbourhood Dunrobin, Ont., about 35 kilometres west of the downtown area, before moving on to devastate a densely populated area of Gatineau, Que. -- More...