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Environment Canada has ended a red tornado warning for the Gananoque, Ont., area east of Kingston.
It was the second tornado warning between 2 and 3 p.m. in eastern Ontario after a separate red tornado warning east of Ottawa for communities including Clarence-Rockland, Russell and Hawkesbury.
Specifically, Environment Canada had singled out Glen Robertson, Ont., near the Quebec border as one area at risk from a tornado and the Morton, Ont., area north of Gananoque as another.
There were no immediate reports of damage, injury or widespread outages, including from municipal officials in some of the affected areas.
CBC News has not seen widespread damage in places such as Maxville and Alexandria, where people reported heavy rain.
People in the affected area were asked to shelter in a basement or room away from windows, or lie in a low spot.
The warnings were red, the highest level on Environment Canada’s three-colour scale, indicating life-threatening weather that could cause extreme disruption.
A warning goes out either when a tornado sighting has been reported, or when there’s sufficient evidence to suggest a tornado is on the way.
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Environment Canada provides update on Tornado warnings in eastern Ontario
Environment Canada has ended a red tornado warning for the Gananoque., Ont., area east of Kingston. It was the second tornado warning between 2 and 3 p.m. in eastern Ontario after a separate red tornado warning east of Ottawa for communities including Clarence-Rockland, Russell and Hawkesbury.
A risk of tornadoes and strong winds remains east of Gatineau, which is under a severe thunderstorm watch.
A watch remained along the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River and Highway 7 corridors until around 4:15 p.m.
Those alerts were yellow, the lowest on the scale.