{"id":661250,"date":"2026-05-11T01:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661250\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:15:14","slug":"storm-damage-seen-north-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661250\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm damage seen north of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extensive damage was seen after a Saturday storm north of London. CTV London’s Brent Lale has the details. <\/p>\n

Jessie O\u2019Neil was walking out to her hay barn when a storm ripped through north of London.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was terrifying, it came out of nowhere,\u201d said O\u2019Neil from a farm on Sixteen Mile Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to close the door and next thing you know, I see the pallet swirling through the air off into the field and then I watch the roof of our hay shed fall in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday around 4 p.m. the winds picked up. Those in the path of the storm off Wonderland Road described a train-like sound, and then it got eerily quiet.<\/p>\n

Western University\u2019s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) surveyed the damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt impacted several areas south and east of Lucan, including this barn here that was unfortunately destroyed by the event,\u201d said Aaron Jaffe, engineering researcher with NTP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe roof went, landed` over there on the other side of the property, and the walls and other pieces of the barn collapsed onto the barn that was right beside it. We\u2019ll be looking at all that damage, trying to piece things together, see if we can determine exactly what happened, whether it was a small tornado or maybe a downed burst or a microburst.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Damage north of London after rotation A barn was destroyed on Sixteen Mile Road near Wonderland Rd. north of London, Ont. on Saturday May 9, 2026 (Source: Brent Lale\/CTV London) <\/p>\n

From there, the path of the storm continued east just south of Granton where it took out trees and knocked off a solar panel which had a massive cement base.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the largest solar panels you can get,\u201d said neighbour Jeff Bak.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pile of metal attached to a concrete base, and it literally lifted the base up off the ground and tipped it over. They\u2019ve got to weigh tonnes as it\u2019s all concrete. It\u2019s got some rebar inside to hold it in place, but it\u2019s unbelievable what it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bak feels he\u2019s lucky has his property didn\u2019t suffer any damage. He does have pieces of solar panel in his yard about 100 metres from the base.<\/p>\n

\"\"Damage north of London after rotation A solar panel with a heavy base was toppled on Elginfield Rd. north of London, Ont. on Saturday May 9, 2026 (Source: Brent Lale\/CTV London) <\/p>\n

\u201cIt got as dark as it would at 9 at night and then some really large rain came down.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also saw a pickup truck flip into the ditch just a few hundred metres to the west. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a large F-250 and had a 28-foot trailer that it was towing,\u201d added Bak.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were completely tipped over in the ditch, both the truck and the trailer. I\u2019m assuming some sort of wind or some sort of downdraft that grabbed them and it\u2019s not a big, side piece along the curbs and down it went.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the temperatures warm, it\u2019s becoming prime season for major weather events.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly to mid-May is a pretty typical time where you might see like our first big damaging storms like this in Ontario,\u201d said Jaffe.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada hasn\u2019t had its first confirmed tornado yet this year, but I expect that\u2019ll happen soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

More photos are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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