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Krystal Reid said her family had just minutes to scramble into the basement before a blinding white roar rushed past her Walter’s Falls home like a freight train Saturday night.
Neighbours in the small Grey County community surveyed the damage and traded stories just over an hour after strong winds cracked trees in half and ripped a wall off a home being built across the street from the community centre.
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Environment Canada issued a warning for the area just before 5 p.m., after confirming a tornado touched down in Chatsworth and was moving east at 50 km/h toward Walter’s Falls.
BARRIE, ONT Residents in Chatsworth are dealing with the aftermath of a tornado that tore through the town on Saturday evening. Environment Canada confirmed that a tornado touched down after issuing a warning after 5 p.m. Chatsworth resident Roxie Zehr says she and her five children were watching a movie in the living room when the weather shifted. We saw patio furniture fly off the deck and then we just ran into the basement, she says. Several homes have been damaged, and the town is littered with downed trees and power lines. The Zehr family also lost their 100-year-old barn, which was destroyed.
Krystal Reid said her family had just minutes to scramble into the basement before a blinding white roar rushed past her Walter’s Falls home like a freight train Saturday night.