Tornado whips from Fairy Lake to Rebecca Lake, damages trees, homes and cottages
This tornado touched down at 3:52pm and tracked to the northeast, narrowly missing downtown Huntsville as it moved toward Fairy Lake. Through the south end of town it struck several homes, sending trees crashing through roofs and smashing down onto vehicles. One house had its roof surface peeled away and a shed blown apart. Large tracts of trees were snapped leaving behind shattered stumps and twisted limbs, and the damage path was measured to be up to 150 metres wide. After passing for one kilometre over land, it moved out over Fairy Lake, striking cottages on the shoreline. Again, collateral tree damage was extensive as they toppled down. The tornado was caught on video by cottagers as it passed across the lake, a rain-wrapped column of spray that rose in a tube from the water surface. The tornado travelled an additional 1.5 kilometres over the lake before it dissipated.
Crazy tornado touches down in front of the cottage on fairy lake in Huntsville ON @weathernetwork #scaredparents #LOOKOUT #StormChasers pic.twitter.com/H1iLrHUTn1
— Kevin Walsh (@K_Wa7sh) August 4, 2017
#onstorm damage in Huntsville after tornado warning. Downed trees, shingles ripped off and shed destroyed pic.twitter.com/Fb5MiZJZ56
— Mike Koncan (@MikeKoncan) August 4, 2017
Devastation from the storm. Roads and Buildings buried. pic.twitter.com/ulio4QIDIU
— John Lancaster (@jlancasterCBC) August 4, 2017
The day after the storm: pic.twitter.com/OYO5gBpuxK
— John Lancaster (@jlancasterCBC) August 5, 2017
VIDEO – @townhuntsville storm damage #ONSTORM @weathernetwork @wxMUSKOKA https://t.co/4YqWY36yZ6
— CogecoTV Muskoka (@cogecotvmuskoka) August 5, 2017
This was the second of three tornadoes that ripped through the Muskoka Region on August 4. The first tornado to touch down was an EF1 at Utterson; the final tornado was an EF2 that struck Rebecca Lake and Bella Lake causing devastating destruction of forest and damage to cottages.
