Dunnville, in Canada's Ontario province, was badly damaged in a thunderstorm.

Trees and power lines were brought down and homes badly damaged on Tarmac Street.

The storm, which brought high winds and heavy rains, comes amid a heatwave across the region.

Severe thunderstorm damage in Dunnville Ontario with trees and power lines down and house destroyed on Tamarac street as the intense heatwave continues bringing hot weather and extreme storms with heavy rain and high wind.

WUCN11 CWTO 191856
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 2:56 P.M. EDT FRIDAY 19 JULY 2019.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK
DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND
BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT
NIAGARA FALLS - WELLAND - SOUTHERN NIAGARA REGION
ST. CATHARINES - GRIMSBY - NORTHERN NIAGARA REGION
CITY OF HAMILTON.

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==DISCUSSION==

UPDATED OR ENDED BY 4:49 P.M. EDT.

AT 2:56 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS, UP
TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED FROM 7 KILOMETRES NORTH
OF STEVENSVILLE TO JARVIS, MOVING EAST AT 55 KM/H.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE:
DUNNVILLE, PORT COLBORNE, WELLAND, JAMES N. ALLAN PROVINCIAL PARK,
ROCK POINT PROVINCIAL PARK, FISHERVILLE, OSWEGO PARK, PORT MAITLAND,
MOUNT CARMEL, LONG BEACH, WAINFLEET AND STEVENSVILLE.

TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY, IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON ROADS. STRONG
WIND GUSTS CAN TOSS LOOSE OBJECTS, DAMAGE WEAK BUILDINGS, BREAK
BRANCHES OFF TREES AND OVERTURN LARGE VEHICLES. REMEMBER, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ONSTORM(AT)CANADA.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ONSTORM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
HTTP://WWW.EMERGENCYMANAGEMENTONTARIO.CA/ENGLISH/BEPREPARED/BEPREPARED.HTML.