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Environment Canada confirms two tornados touched down in Southern Quebec
An intense storm leaves behind destruction in Danville, in Quebec's Eastern Townships on June 20, 2025. (Denis Gervais/Noovo Info)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says it was, in fact, two tornadoes that ripped through the Eastern Townships in Southern Quebec on Thursday, causing significant damage.
According to the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP), the first tornado touched down in Lefebvre and the second in Danville.
The NTP assigned the first tornado an EF0 rating, while the second received an EF1 rating.
The NTP's investigation details that witnesses captured footage of the tornado north of Lefebvre. Tree damage was later reported. No injuries were reported.
'In Lefebvre in the Central Quebec region, at around 3:20 p.m., an EF0 tornado with maximum winds estimated at 115 kilometres per hour was recorded,' ECCC said in a weather summary on Sunday.
'This tornado also moved from west to east with a track length of 5.84 kilometers and a maximum width of 230 metres.'
Witnesses also captured footage of the Danville tornado, where damage to a barn, homes, trees and trailers was reported.
'In Danville in the Eastern Townships, at around 3:45 p.m., the damage was caused by an EF1 tornado with maximum winds estimated at 155 kilometres per hour. The tornado moved from west to east with a track length of 14 kilometers and a maximum width of 400 meters.'
