| Comments | On July 17th, one of the longest storm tracts in Ontario's history left a 400 kilometre long trail of damage. The series of severe storms produced funnel clouds, straight-line winds, and tornadoes. The areas with the most significant wind damage were Larder Lake, Manitoulin Island, Verner, Sturgeon Falls, North Bay, Calendar, French River, Mattawa, and Peterborough which experienced straight-line winds between 120-170 km/hr. In the evening, 2 tornadoes (an EF 1 and an EF 0) touched down in the Newmarket area. In addition to the property damage, there was extensive damage to Hydro One infrastructure including downed high-voltage circuits, 1,000 snapped electricity poles, 4,000 damaged insulators, and over 200 damaged transformer . The storm system eventually crossed over into Quebec where it continued to cause damage. Successive storms throughout July, August and September caused over $100 million in losses and Hydro One earned the Edison Electric Institute's Emergency Recovery Award for its outstanding efforts in restoring service. |