Environment Canada has confirmed that a tornado briefly touched down near Victoria this afternoon.
Video on the weather event was captured by a North Saanich resident, which shows the twister blowing away someone’s trampoline.
A tornado on Vancouver Island was captured on video lifting a trampoline in the air ðŸ¤- 📹 Keith Harding #Canada #BritishColumbia #VancouverIsland #Saanich pic.twitter.com/JwOoKX4ZlR
— Freshdaily (@freshdaily) May 22, 2020
Environment Canada said the twister appears to have been a “weak, short-lived EF0 tornado,” and occurred at about 12:18 pm.
“The unsettled conditions under which this tornado and cells of heavy showers occurred will diminish late this afternoon,” they added.
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