A downburst with 115 km/h winds caused damage in Mallorytown, Ont. during Sunday's storm
A massive tree on Junetown Road near Mallorytown was uprooted during Saturday's severe weather. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa)
The storm that caused damage in Mallorytown, Ont. last weekend was caused by a downburst with 115 km/h winds, according to Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project.
Tree damage was reported at several properties in the community, located between Brockville and Kingston, Sunday morning after the powerful storm moved through eastern Ontario.
Ontario Provincial Police said a man died after a tree fell on a vehicle and a tent at a campground in Mallorytown Sunday morning. A 10-year-old child suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
After surveying the damage, Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project said an EF0 downburst hit the area with a maximum wind speed of 115 km/h.
Officials say intermittent damage was found over an area approximately nine kilometres long and up to five kilometres wide.
Mallorytown
A sawed-up tree in front of Melissa Saunders' residence in Mallorytown after a severe storm knocked it down early Sunday morning. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa).
Severe thunderstorms rolled through Ottawa and eastern Ontario Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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