{"id":818553,"date":"2026-07-22T12:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818553\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:21:10","slug":"a-possible-tornado-causes-damages-in-quebecs-laurentians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818553\/","title":{"rendered":"A possible tornado causes damages in Quebec\u2019s Laurentians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A possible tornado reportedly caused \u201csevere damage\u201d Tuesday afternoon near Harrington, in the Laurentians.<\/p>\n<p>After a day marked by several \u201cmarginally severe\u201d thunderstorms, Environment And Climate Change Canada (ECCC) states that the \u201cmain threat is pretty much over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Harrington-possible-tornado-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495972\"  \/>Tree ripped out of ground in Harrington, QC on July 21, 2026. (Courtesy: Facebook\/Xtrem Chase Qu\u00e9bec)<\/p>\n<p>A tornado signature was reportedly observed from Bell Falls to Lake Macdonald between 5:24 p.m. and 5:42 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning, mentioning possible tornadoes, had already been in effect since the start of the day.<\/p>\n<p>According to ECCC meteorologist Dominic Martel, the tornado is believed to have \u201cmoved a house,\u201d destroyed a small wooded area, and knocked down Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec power poles as it passed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Harrington-possible-tornado-5-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Downed electricity line on a road in Harrington, QC on July 21, 2026. (Courtesy: Facebook\/Xtrem Chase Qu\u00e9bec)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we look at the map of power outages, it matches perfectly with the path of the rotation we detected on the radar,\u201d said Martel. \u201cThere will be a follow-up investigation (\u2026) and then we\u2019ll release the information we find, but it\u2019s pretty certain that it was a (tornado).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weather conditions calmed down Tuesday evening, and severe thunderstorm watches were lifted for most regions of Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no longer any storms of concern; there are still some in the St. Lawrence Valley, near Montreal, and in the Pontiac area, but nothing to worry about for now,\u201d Martel said. \u201cThe main threat is pretty much over for today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A possible tornado reportedly caused \u201csevere damage\u201d Tuesday afternoon near Harrington, in the Laurentians. After a day marked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-818553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}