Sudbury, Ontario tornado

On August 20, 1970, an F3 tornado hit the Canadian city of Sudbury, Ontario.

Considered unusual because tornadoes of this strength rarely occur in Northern Ontario, the tornado touched down in the suburban community of Lively. The tornado tracked quickly eastward into the city, hitting the communities of Copper Cliff and Robinson over the next ten minutes. Another tornado associated with the same storm also hit the community of Field, approximately 50 kilometres east of Sudbury, less than an hour later.

Six people died and 200 were injured in the tornado, which caused an estimated $17 million in damage, including to an Inco smelter in Copper Cliff. It is currently tied for the status of the eighth deadliest tornado in Canadian history.

See also

* List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
** List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
*** List of Canadian tornadoes

External links

* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-1713-11752/disasters_tragedies/tornadoes/clip4 CBC News archive of Sudbury tornado report]
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-259-1298-10/on_this_day/disasters_tragedies/sudbury_tornado "On This Day", another CBC archive]
* [http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/air/summersevere/ae00s02.en.html Tornadoes - Environment Canada]
* [http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/severe-weather/summerwx_factsheet_e.html Fact Sheet - Summer Severe Weather Warnings]