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Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch Monday for most of southwestern Quebec, and in the afternoon added a series of tornado warnings for areas including Lachute, Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Tremblant and St-Jérôme.
As of 4:30 p.m., the tornado warnings included Papineauville, Montebello, Montpellier and Amherst in the Outaouais region, and a wide area surrounding St-Michel-des-Saints in the Laurentians.
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The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, which covers much of Laval, Lachute and the Laurentians, issued an email to families saying that children will be sheltered in gyms if the winds pick up but that dismissal was expected to occur at the usual time.
“Our bus drivers will take extra precautions while driving,” the school board said.
Thunderstorm watches were issued in Quebec from the Ontario border to St-Hyacinthe and from the U.S. border to north of the upper Laurentians.
Montreal hit a high of 25 C during the day, with a humidex of 30 and a UV index of 3, or moderate. Monday night’s forecast was a low of 17 C.
Meanwhile in the U.S.
Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.
The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas, and the system threatened to bring more violent weather to other parts of the Midwest. By Monday, forecasters said, the greatest risk would shift to the east, covering a broad swath of the country from Alabama to near New York City.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency early Monday in a post on X, citing “multiple reports of wind damage and tornadoes.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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