Environment Canada confirms Quebec’s fourth tornado

Quebec has 4.7 tornadoes on average per year according a study done from 1980 to 2009

Staff writers

Saturday, August 17, 2013, 5:17 PM –

Environment Canada has confirmed that a tornado touched down in the Cabano area shortly after 2pm EDT on Friday, August 16.

Officials say this minimum strength tornado was produced by convective cells not associated with thunderstorms, and caused only minor damage.

This entry was posted on August 18, 2013 by Amir Alwani. It was filed under Canada, natural / "natural" disasters, news, science .