Environment Canada says winds reached 155 km/h in destructive Quebec tornado

Weather damage is seen in Tres-Saint-Redempteur, Quebec, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

By The Canadian Press

Posted May 29, 2024 5:44 pm.

Last Updated May 29, 2024 6:39 pm.

Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour.

The agency says in a statement today that the storm’s path was 14 kilometres long, from Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Que., to Pointe-Fortune.

Data collected by the Northern Tornadoes Project from Western University in London, Ont., place the tornado as an EF-1, which is on the lower end of the Enhanced Fujita Scale used to measure tornado severity.

READ MORE: Tornado touches down west of Montreal; thousands without power after violent storms

The tornado tore through the communities roughly 60 kilometres west of Montreal at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, taking seconds to rip apart homes, vehicles and farm buildings.

Très-Saint-Rédempteur Mayor Julie Lemieux said the tornado toppled trees and damaged several homes and farm buildings in her community as well as in nearby Rigaud.

No injuries were reported.

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