Tornadoes may have struck Ont. and Que.
Possible tornadoes have been reported in Ontario and Quebec as a line of severe storms swept eastward.
Environment Canada said there were unconformed reports of possible tornadoes in the community of Fergus and the Township of Blandford-Blenheim, southwest of Kitchener. Ontario provincial police said there was damage in Blandford-Blenheim.
CBC meteorologist Nick Czernkovich said winds of up to 110 km/h hit the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
Police there report that a child received an injury to her ankle when she was struck by falling debris from a tree, and that there have been widespread power outages.
The storms swept northeast through Toronto and the Ottawa area late Wednesday afternoon and brought high winds and heavy rain.
Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the area north and west of downtown Ottawa, in the Aylmer section of Gatineau.
"This is a very intense cell that has been exhibiting signs of rotation, indicating a tornado on the ground in Aylmer," CBC News Ottawa climatologist Ian Black said.
A severe thunderstorm watch was still in effect in the Ottawa area as of 7 p.m. ET. Forecasters predicted there could be torrential downpours, large hail up to two centimetres and isolated tornadoes.
Black offers this advice for anyone spotting threatening weather in their area: "Seek shelter immediately, get to the inside of your house, if you have a basement, get into the basement."
It has been a week of wet and warm weather in southwestern Ontario.
