The tornado that touched down near Three Hills, Alta. — sparking a viral photo of a man calmly mowing his lawn as the twister churned ominously in the background — reached a top speed of 175 km/h, says Environment Canada. The twister touched down near the central Alberta town — about 130 kilometres northeast of Calgary — just after 5 p.m. local time. The skies were clear when Theunis Wessels started mowing the lawn Friday afternoon, he told The Homestretch, but that soon changed. German newspaper Der Spiegel called Theunis "the Chuck Norris of lawn mowing" and actor Zach Braff used it to take a shot at U.S. President Donald Trump.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2017 00:44 UTC