A tornado just hit our house,” she said over and over in the video as she proceeded to survey the damage. The Barrie area was battered by a tornado Thursday afternoon, resulting in catastrophic damage to property and injuries to residents. Barrie had a tornado on May 31, 1985, which killed eight people. The tornado warning for Barrie was lifted shortly before 3 p.m. as the storm moved east, but another one was in place for the area of Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes. At 4:15 p.m., Lehman issued a warning to Barrie residents via Twitter:“There is extensive damage from the tornado touchdown in the area of Prince William Way and Mapleview in SE (southeast) Barrie.

Source: thestar July 16, 2021 01:16 UTC