It was an emotional day for Sarah Banks as she walked through the front door of her home, moving back in with her family one year after a tornado touched down in a Barrie neighbourhood.
BARRIE, ONT. The number of homes deemed uninhabitable after a destructive EF-2 tornado passed through a Barrie, Ont. neighbourhood has risen to 71. Thursday s twister left a trail of destruction in the Prince William Way area five kilometres long and up to 100 metres wide in the city north of Toronto. Officials say 11 people were injured, 10 were sent to the hospital, two of them with serious injuries. No one was killed. On Saturday, residents in the heart of the destruction zone were taking stock and rallying together to pick up the pieces. Kara Brunner believed her life was about to be cut short at the age of 11 as she watched the storm move in through a basement window.