Unbelievable video of intense storms in Ontario & Quebec on Victoria Day weekend

Viewer video from Victoria Day long weekend storms where a damaging derecho swept through southern Ontario and Quebec Saturday, toppling trees and power lines, overturning cars, cutting electricity, and even tossing debris through windows. The storms have resulted in at least eight deaths.
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[@940steel]

Such a unique storm. It was particularly small on radar, and was barely a 5 minute microburst, yet all this damage

[@DJGaetz]

Get used to it. The weather will continuously get worse until we can't film it anymore. ~ Climate Change in 2022

[@qa2359]

i like in Ontario and where i like 10 people died because of this storm some home I slept through all of it

[@jakelittle1076]

In London around where I live they confirmed that there was 2 EF-1 tornados

[@stevenrouleau535]

wasn't a microburst at all. it was a derecho

[@sp3ct3rgaming46]

"small on radar" yeah no... "microburst" what are you on about?? LOL

[@tdwz1652]

man that umbrella tipping over was intense 😂

[@peterthinks]

I know right? Thoughts and prayers for Menchie's frozen yogurt patio.

[@Madmartigan6]

People from Kansas: What is this, amateur hour?

[@Deira854]

you mean Florida

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

Yeah no kidding tornadoes in Texas hit a shipping container yard and these really heavy steel boxes went flying up in the air that's a tremendous amount of wind to do that. Pictures of cows flying through the air

[@artvanderlay6974]

It's nice to have a lot of big trees in your backyard and around your home until you encounter days like this.

[@cavelleardiel]

And finding out your insurance doesn't cover what they call acts of God

[@mark2073]

@@cavelleardiel I heard about this, so home insurance doesn't cover if your house gets split in 2 by a tree?

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

Ah, but silver lining, you now have wood with which to repair your roof. The circle of life.

[@cavelleardiel]

@@mark2073 I am not sure if there are different types of coverage. I remember many years ago when my parents had a tree come down. They were responsible for all costs.

[@chrisbelos2834]

The storm was so violent. still can't believe some people were complaining about receiving alerts on their phones.

[@janetwalsh7961]

That's humans for you. Just look at them trying to protect things not their lives,you can replace things any time but not your life anything can hit you and cause serious damage or death in a storm,the best thing to do is take cover and wait until its over .

[@ballaking1000]

@@janetwalsh7961 Reading your comment made me think about why we say 'cuh'ver and 'oh'ver differently, does the 'c' possess powers of some sort that we don't know about?

[@scarn3241]

I hate seeing trees come down … poor birds and animals

[@grantjohnston7148]

And trees 🌳

[@LadyVineXIII]

The animals were to ground long before it came in for the most part. They are way better at evading these things than humans.

[@dmullz100]

yahhh...I'm an arborist myself, it breaks my heart. 😢

[@danielillingworth8064]

Happy Victoria day

[@j4m32hz6]

Yay

[@dbuc4671]

0:39 ayo what is that tent doin-

[@lornbaker1083]

0:26 Is just Haunting. at first it all seems perfectly normal then the wind comes rushing in like some sorta poltergeist throwing all the lawn furniture around like mad.

[@briangall8442]

The Freeland storms are here!

[@vflytrap7158]

Thank you for the Emergency Alert on my phone. I was walking in oblivion and didn’t even notice the stormy skies that day. I immediately ran into a building and made it by about one minute. It was the phone alert that warned me into action

[@wizardsuth]

The phone alert was about 5 minutes too late here. Fortunately I was inside the whole time.

[@miabelsey8635]

Me too got me and the kids home safe one min before it got nasty

[@roxannewolffromsecuritybre6830]

I didn’t got it on my phone

[@obviously_nada]

That storm made alot of damage. There was a dang tornado literally out my backyard beside the trees and the trees were spinning like crazy. There were so many flashes and rain it was pouring. We lost electricity for 3 days (including the day of the storm) and we had to light candles. We couldnt even take a decent shower because there was no hot water. So we were terrified. My electricty and wifi just came back yesterday..? I believe? And we didnt have that much damage because some people's roofs fell off or trees fell into their house or backyard. When me and a few family member's of mine went to a park with our family friend's family there were so many trees that have fell! So many were on the ground! It was so scary! I'm so glad its over. Lesson 1 from this bizzare experience: *Never take ANYTHING for granted, as it can be taken away from you anytime*

[@wizardsuth]

Wednesday and Friday evenings I went out with a pole trimmer to clear paths through some local woods. In one area the path was blocked by eight large trees that had fallen across it. Some had been uprooted while others had broken somewhere between 15 and 30 feet off the ground. That's a bit much for one guy with a pole trimmer.

[@hu6284]

Lmao!

[@jecal2855]

Branches flying everywhere tress falling over? Let's go stand beside the window . Geniuses

[@LadyVineXIII]

The really scary part is that it wasn't breaking snags at the trunk, but literally ripping healthy trees from the ground.

[@Im-just-Stardust]

One of the biggest storm I experienced in my life. In my area it was about half that wind, but there was like 2 lightning strikes every seconds for 5 or 10 minutes. I was sure there was a weak tornado nearby.

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

Yeah I saw a lightning storm like that in Wichita Falls it was absolutely insane. Lightning strike every second or every 2 seconds. I was outside the Air Force building and I could not even hear the guy next to me. We had to yell at each other to communicate

[@jherekhallett9742]

Is there any more Canadian sight than the maple leaf holding fast in 200kph winds.

[@heykerryann]

It’s not that the wind is blowin, it’s what the wind is blowin

[@RedDevilMoto]

Awsome Ron White quote :)

[@koolerpure]

that was an amazing blast, the clouds went swamp green at one point and from there i knew she was gonna be a goody

[@brebohol]

Amazing how some ppl are still stupid enough to hold their phone in portrait mode while recording!

[@Beautylifestyle222]

Save your money don’t buy fireworks just breath pray and help others who were caught in the storm this is not a time to celebrate

[@ericp.]

I was cleaning my pool when I got the alert on my phone to take cover if threatning weather is approaching. The storm hit not 5 minutes later. Good thing we were not hit very hard where I live.

[@paulkazjack]

Cleaning the bath then.

[@peterwho9380]

It's day 8 and I still have no power because of this storm in Ottawa.

[@Frank-rf1kk]

Someone out there, gota start talking about earth tilt. The earth is tilting a little bit to far south. Tornado alley has moved.

[@Demosthenas]

lol.. no. A Derecho has nothing to do with a tornado. They are straight line winds. They happen all around Canada.

[@ChispyReddit]

that bird is my spirit animal

[@crazyralph6386]

Yes, let’s stand by the window in 100mph winds so we can get good TWN footage honey!!

[@940steel]

I did the same thing lol, someone else even closed the door on me when I was trying to record 🤣

[@bc1173]

none of the wind speeds recorded anywhere exceeded 80mph, most were around 70mph

[@MustyBastard]

Is this the worst case Ontario ?

[@RedDevilMoto]

It was that dam butterfly flapping its wings in China....

[@Tygearianus]

This is the shock wave from the Battle of Alberta, someone tell those guys to settle it down!!

[@lucasroughton5793]

You think this is a shock wave this is serious in backyards there's trees trees on houses there's destruction outside of my house

[@christopherpaan]

r/whoosh

[@MikeHawkPEN15]

@@lucasroughton5793 sucks to suck.

[@josephstalin3650]

@@lucasroughton5793 r/whoosh

[@bc1173]

people still watched scripted nhl gmaes? lol

[@kevinberrill1452]

That lady at the end. 😂

[@quacksmack7449]

yeah...that was annoying. Some Libtard Karen

[@hezebelbeing]

The scariest bit is how the meteorologists didn’t see this extent coming.

[@pacman3556]

But they did see it coming. There was an Ontario wide (or at least southern Ontario) amber alert that said massive storms were coming with the potential for twoonie sized hail, over 100km winds and potential tornados and we should all seek shelter. Sounds like they had a good idea of what was coming.

[@ameera8423]

@@pacman3556 Amber alert? those are for missing kidnapped children

[@mrcomptablecharlo1224]

Because God is God, it is a way to show you that human is nothing. God on control of Humanity not man

[@TotalRandomReviews]

@@ameera8423 She meant the same messaging system they use for Amber Alerts ... as for the warning I got a much different one, just that a severe thunderstorm was approaching my area and that we should seek shelter if outside. Nothing about wind, hail or tornado..

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

@@mrcomptablecharlo1224 Lol, well, he sucks at conveying messages, because you're one of the few people who seemed to understand it. If "God" simply sent a 1000m tall angel to deliver his words to us, I'd accept that he exists and that he is the one true god, and not the fabrication of mere men. The whole world would. How simple it would be, and just like that there would be no more confusion. About 99.98% of religions would instantly disappear and there would be just one. As things stand however, there is a little wind and you scream "God!"

[@papathoai2368]

It is horrible.I and my family proved it a few years.Praying for peace !

[@ks3223]

... What?

[@LadyTarasque]

my neighborhood got off lucky o-o (was gonna say city, but the opposite end lost power. But all things considered, probably not too bad like other areas..). Was pretty short lived, and wind wasn't nearly as bad as that in some of these clips o:

[@stumarston6812]

same here....are you in London?

[@Ryukissus]

My boyfriend lives down there yesterday he was telling me about the wildfire

[@bradleytaylor3001]

Apparently it is a durachio that happened but it looks more like a tornado 🌪

[@bc1173]

Pistachio*

[@bradleytaylor3001]

@@bc1173 huh 🤔

[@redpillrat163]

Now THAT'S a storm!!🎐🍃

[@Yuh_elitemercs]

This was actually a derecho it hit me and my family on Saturday that's was my father's birthday my neighborhood was ok but outside my neighborhood things were destroyed power lines all over Ottawa where I live were down and we had a 1 day power outage

[@ishudalal7301]

We live in county, in Quebec, the power outage lasted 5 days.

[@brianduffy1338]

@@ishudalal7301 Ours lasted 6 days. Back on last night. We're in Peterborough. I don't think people realize our city was hit hard.

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

Yeah I was going to say that's what it was

[@roxannewolffromsecuritybre6830]

It was a Tornado so where in ontario

[@Yuh_elitemercs]

@@roxannewolffromsecuritybre6830 it ain't a tonado it was derecho

[@MiiDev69]

The whole thing felt like a match of Red Alert 2, when you get the Weather Control Device. Short lived storm, but quite destructive.

[@spiderwort6291]

Yep. Manipulated weather is a real thing. We just aren’t privy to it but the high ups know all about it. Time to shut the Elite down and send them ALL to the moon permanently. We will new dead entertainment to look at when we see the moon. Lol

[@MiiDev69]

@@spiderwort6291 In Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge there is a mission set on the moon.

[@user9b2]

The bird is trying. 🙀👍👍👍👍👍

[@quin.reid9]

The craziest part is that was at Wonderland when it happened.

[@j4m32hz6]

no way that is crazy! Were u on a ride or anything lol

[@assassind36]

Was the music really necessary? 😅🤦‍♂️

[@ci316]

They confirmed 2 tornados in London. It wasn't far from where I lived. I was shaken during the storm as there is a big tree right in front of my window. Lot of trees fell down

[@ianfrazier5983]

"Lol that's child's play, hurricanes go burrr" - Florida

[@Easiagameing645]

The storm was was powerful and we all went through it and we all tried our very best and you know it's hard in these storms and there's not one of us in Earth we can all do hard stuff we are all strong people we have many people to help us in a storm

[@michelgouverneur885]

all my thoughts goes over you , courage , and stay in safe

[@princessayrasworld5115]

This was a very very intense storm that happened in Ontario it’s very un safe to be outside or driving I hope everyone’s safe now..

[@brucefread3014]

We don't have large trees near buildings on our property. And we're keeping it that way.

[@islandgal500]

Same here in town. We keep getting tourists complaining that there are not any nice tall trees near our homes (only on the back of the large lots and away from buildings). We tell them why with the number of storms here on the west coast. Maybe now they understand. Shrubs and bushes are much safer.

[@bc1173]

Large trees are synonymous upper class areas so you're insulting yourself here

[@Caseytify]

Do people ignore the weather forecasts up there?

[@pjanke2]

We had about 10 minute warning here in St-Hippolyte Quebec; the fire trucks drove around with the Emergency Siren blaring. I had time to put the car in garage and make a last coffee before the power went out. Hundreds of Hydro polls are snapped around here. It will take weeks

[@dmalka336]

oh no I am sooo sorry.

[@skorpionlucylucifer-LightAngel]

That was scary and mesmerizing at the same time.

[@dale6112]

I was at the Skydome. The roof was open and it was sunny. I come back to Ajax and am greeted with devastation.

[@mustangsally5051]

Did you guys send them an alert???. Holy tolido...that was crazy!!!!

[@asa9890]

When this was happening I had guest over and I was just like watching oh it’s just a thunderstorm like it always happens but I didn’t think this would happen

[@gurugantaal5782]

It's time to pay back for all your Sins.

[@linato1855]

The absolute worst is having a hubby who’s always glued to the tv screen when there’s no cable or wifi for two days…😖 Nuts!!!

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

I'm sure there is a fun activity the two of you can do together to distract him, if you know what I mean, hehehe. . . Monopoly.

[@linato1855]

@@abrahamthebewildered1448, reading a good book is sometimes more satisfying, if you know what I mean….😉

[@loading6983]

@@abrahamthebewildered1448 ur not smart

[@Koala_782]

As a person that was a part of this, I feel lucky to not have any damage other than some electricity reset. Other people weren’t so lucky

[@nyjetsfan4455]

I got hit in the face with a blast of sand just as the rain and the wind hit. Not gonna lie after it was done the only thing i can think about was the people who live in places where is is a normal thing to have. Scary stuff dont mess with mother nature she will kick all are ass in a flash

[@branakaranovic9666]

This is our future.Great civilization and great leaders destroy life everyday

[@bc1173]

huh?

[@mastronep]

this one goes out to all the trees that lost their lives in this storm

[@fattymcbastard6536]

Obviously we're not paying enough carbon tax, otherwise this wouldn't happen.

[@tick7146]

Don't say that to Trudeau - he'll jack up the carbon tax another 10% and impose a curfew....

[@ligma1706]

Man I’m sorry for people that are home less and man world is crazy bad you can’t even see that in McAllen nobody is there or at I Edinburg

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Someone had Bubbles in the passenger seat during the storm. 😅

[@Tara-Wind]

some geoengineering product

[@1rorysteele]

I was out driving during the worst of it and man, the wind was pushing my station wagon off the road. I could see barns shaking, roofs moving. It was surreal.

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

I saw the winds get a house so hard that it look like the roof in the walls from the bedroom blew off and two naked people came flying out. They're probably having sex during the storm

[@samben6805]

The biggest storm ⛈ ever

[@blueman5924]

finally ! all beef; no filler. good edit.

[@shelleymagel3109]

just plain karma

[@christophe3281]

‘Tis the season 🌩 🌪☺️

[@canadianguy3987]

God is upset with Ottawa

[@fattymcbastard6536]

Makes you wonder what his problem with bible belt is, doesn't it?

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

The best real thing that happened in Toronto and Montreal in ages.

[@lethanosjames2976]

@Luc Delorme Montreal seems to always dodge the storms, first 2 weeks ago and now last Saturday

[@JaybayJay]

Wow.. We didn't get anything here but a little rain. I remember our old house we had this huge tree and whenever there was a storm it was hard not to be afraid that it'd come down and crush the whole house.

[@JaybayJay]

When was that last wind storm in Newmarket and area? I remember I was working the night shift and when I left in the morning I had to make 5 different route adjustments cause a tree was in my way.. Hello, 911.. It's me again.. I found a 5th tree on my way home.. "Yes sir.. We're getting hundreds of calls about them Sir.. Thank you for reporting it.."

[@jasbirsodhi1402]

This is just the beginning wait for couple of more years and then the news reporter will cover the weather in flying suits.

[@squarecircle5522]

Looks like an average summers day in Ireland.

[@Jon-gm2sn]

2000 mules

[@drewhaytaoglu6473]

Insurance companies 👁👄👁

[@nancycass3629]

What, nothing from Southwestern Ontario? We had trees down in London, too.

[@brandongaming1049]

wow!

[@kingoncommonlaw130]

In 1966 i was picked up by a tornado at Ottawa on my way home, i see not much has changed.

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

You mean your body was picked up or your car was picked up in the air?

[@johnh23z]

Weather Wars.

[@darkknighted3818]

I’ve lived in Hamilton for 12 years and this never happened

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

I've seen winds similar to this around those parts about 30 (A little over) years ago. Haven't liven in Ontario in a long time though.

[@darkknighted3818]

@@abrahamthebewildered1448 I mean yeah for the winds, but I’ve never seen this type of damage.

[@darkknighted3818]

@@abrahamthebewildered1448 it’s just unusual, but I’m starting to notice a gradual change each year for the weather here in Hamilton. We actually are starting to get around 2 tornado warnings per year now and that never happens

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

@@darkknighted3818 Weather changes all over the world. Even within Canada, places I lived in 25 years ago that would have 3 feet of snow in the winter are now getting only rain. Other countries I lived in when I was kid that had proper winters are now getting barely any snow. Topography affects the severity of the change, but the change is self evident for those who have any kind of long term memory.

[@McDevittMike]

Holy crap! Just missed me, thank God!

[@HemiJB91]

Why didn't the carbon tax work ?

[@BillyBob-fd5ht]

It is to stop from getting worse, damage is done, all we can do is control it from getting worse. trade in your F150 buy a small car would help. Think it is time for people in this country to stop buying stuff you really do not need. like patio living room sets WTF

[@HemiJB91]

@@BillyBob-fd5ht you brainwashed dummy lol

[@tick7146]

The storm is not a new phenomena and not more frequent. I’ve witnessed lots of storms like this over the years. We had a storm in Vancouver when I was a kid that caused a hemlock tree to crush our house.

[@crazyralph6386]

@@BillyBob-fd5ht maybe you can start by personally ripping all those “carbon emitting” Hydro One F-150’s as they cut thousands of deadfall, and restore power to hundreds of thousands more, while driving around in your $100K Tesla, (which will require all new batteries by the time they get their first oil change), and let us know how that works out??? Just kidding, you probably drive a shyte box Prius. Sheesh, no wonder enviro clowns cannot even get a seat at the table? Your party is a joke, while India and China laugh after building 3 new coal plants today!!!

[@bikeman78]

@@tick7146 here comes the climate expert… the same boomer who drives a v8, hates immigrants and thinks the good old days is the 1950s

[@codywohlers2059]

did it really need music?

[@Loweredexpectationss]

Cripes almighty imagine being a little bird in that storm. Methinks a lot probably never made it. I hope there have been people there scouring for lost and injured wildlife. Yikes.

[@dmalka336]

you are right I was watching from my balcony and looked up and saw some seagulls being pushed in the wind, never saw anything like that before, and my heart was sooooooooo sad

[@Loweredexpectationss]

@@dmalka336 damn. I’m sorry you had to witness that, Devorah. Maybe being waaaaay up high in the sky was actually the safest place to be? Ya never know tho. The natural world is pretty good at predicting these sorts of things within their genome. However, many species will be finding that hard to rely on now as out planet is changing faster than they can adjust. I hope that the rest of the season remains catastrophe free for you and yours, m’lady xx

[@dmalka336]

And good points you make.

[@stevenrouleau535]

the phenomenon is called a Derecho.

[@qa2359]

i like in Ontario and where i like 10 people died because of this storm some home I slept through all of it

[@nunol1554]

1:45 that guy i sout there lol

[@donnacabot3550]

“Hold on. Don’t tie anything down. Let’s see what happens.” Smrt. Crazy storm tho.

[@miabelsey8635]

We knly had about 3 minutes notice frkm the moment we had the alarm.

[@exoplanet6002]

Need a jupiter storm next

[@henningvisser1108]

That bald guy on the deck was fortunate to not have a "bad hair day"

[@BePostiveStayHydrated]

Quite a storm

[@christianlove420]

Looks like an average day in lethbridge A.B.

[@ChrisJones-yu9rz]

Feels like you guys are in Kansas eh?

[@okieking8503]

Typical Wednesday in Oklahoma or Kansas lol

[@arjayramjohn884]

I think this was an EF2 Tornado

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

This could be windshear

[@LSZocker2009]

natural selection

[@suspectby1]

I hope Xqc is okay

[@preciadoalex123]

0:48 Ikea furniture

[@NCY0131]

I don't think this is good either 😂

[@jaygray7102]

Surely SOME people knew it was going to get a wee bit blustery and tied things down or brought them indoors. You can't stop a tree from falling over, but restaurant furniture was left out with umbrellas UP. Patio furniture getting blown to god knows where...

[@karmasick]

Majority of people didn't know just how severe the storm was going to be. I even checked the weather earlier and is said something like 40% chance of rain, people just weren't prepared

[@jaygray7102]

@@karmasick 40% chance of rain these days, where I live, means it could be a torrential downpour for a couple hours, everything floats down the river, then the sun comes out and it's 20 degrees. I thought I heard about a storm rolling coming in, but only the day before it hit. I'm not in the area so didn't pay attention to the story. Looked pretty wild.

[@hansonel]

Have to be ready for anything now with climate change. Live in Chicago and last June there was a "severe thunderstorm watch" for the day. Later that day two seperate tornadoes came tearing through the suburbs... one at night which was scary.

[@jaygray7102]

@@NOBODY-fz3im I know what people mean...went to bed one night this past winter, with only light snow forecast for the next day. When I woke up it had changed to a winter storm warning and there was already 8 inches of snow on my car. I was originally scheduled for surgery that day, 2 hr. drive, but they'd already called to reschedule and a good thing too. No one moved that day.

[@tonicamaro8683]

HOLY CHIT MAN.