Thousands in Ottawa-Gatineau could face days without power after two tornadoes. Omar Sachedina reports.

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

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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…

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