U.S.-Canada Border Faces Rare Tornado Threat as Storms Target Quebec to Maine
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 14
U.S.-Canada Border Faces Rare Tornado Threat as Storms Target Quebec to Maine
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 14
Summary
Weather agencies on Tuesday warned that severe storms later in the day could bring damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes along the U.S.-Canada border from southeastern Quebec into central Maine.
Dave Sills of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project said the setup could produce powerful supercell thunderstorms and even violent tornadoes — a level of risk Quebec has not seen in decades.
Ontario was already seeing strong storms Tuesday morning after earlier severe weather swept from Quebec into Maine with damaging winds and hail.
The threat is unusual enough that both Environment Canada and the U.S. Storm Prediction Center highlighted border areas including northern New York and New England for elevated tornado risk.