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3 unusual facts about Heat wave of 1995 derecho series


Heat wave of 1995 derecho series

An F1 tornado struck the Balsam Lake Trailer Park near Kirkfield, flipping over vehicles, destroying several trailers and sending ten people to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Further east, near Peterborough, an F2 tornado hit Bridgenorth damaging or destroying 20 homes and a marina with winds estimated upward of 200 km/h (120 mp/h).

Eight people trapped in flipped houseboat in Pigeon Lake near Peterborough were rescued hours after the storm.



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