Tornado damages home and downs trees in an Ontario town

A tornado damaged a home and downed trees in Niagara Falls on Monday afternoon.

Environment and Climate Change Canada warned of the 50 km/h tornado moving through the area around 4 p.m. on Monday.

The Northern Tornadoes Project later confirmed a tornado did occur in the Niagara Falls area at that time.

The confirmation is based on video and photo evidence of singles torn from a home and downed trees in the Niagara Falls Golf Course, the Northern Tornadoes Project said. It is supported by radar showing a supercell storm moving southeast through the area, the Northern Tornadoes Project said in a post.

The NTP is confirming a tornado near 4 pm today in the Niagara Falls, ON area based on video/photo evidence and supported by radar showing a supercell storm moving SE through the area. A preliminary EF0 rating is assigned based on downed branches /missing shingles. #ONstorm 1/2 pic.twitter.com/R4ej8062q0

— Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 (@westernuNTP) September 10, 2024

A preliminary EF0 rating was assigned to the tornado. This is a default rating when only visual evidence of a tornado is available. More violent storms are rated EF/F4 or EF/F5.

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Looks like tornado damage in Niagara Falls at the Niagara Falls Golf Course and the nearby neighbourhood. Doing a damage survey now. @weathernetwork #ONStorm pic.twitter.com/bpTK11oS3E

— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) September 10, 2024

The Northern Tornadoes Project will continue to investigate to determine the details of the damage path, which may extend to the U.S. border.

U.S. meteorologist Matthew Cappucci captured video of a tornado from Erie County, New York. He said the storm may have passed near Niagara Falls.

Tornado in Erie County, New York from this afternoon. It may have passed very near Niagara Falls: pic.twitter.com/qWOiPAbByW

— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) September 10, 2024

The Northern Tornadoes Project was founded at Western University in 2017 to better detect tornados throughout Canada, and improve severe and extreme weather understanding and prediction, mitigate against harm to people and property, and investigate future implications due to climate change.