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The southbound lanes of Highway 400 in Barrie have reopened after 10 cars collided Sunday that left two people injured.

  BARRIE, ONT. -- A mountain of debris has formed at a park in the Barrie, Ont. neighbourhood ripped up by an EF-2 tornado with 210 kilometer an hour winds on Thursday. Clean-up crews are using Sandringham Park as a waste transfer station, dropping off boards, broken windows, insulation, appliances, and other materials gathered from the destruction zone. Debris is then loaded onto trucks headed for the landfill. MORE TORNADOES CONFIRMED The Northern Tornadoes Project has revised the track of the twister that hit the Mapleview Drive and Prince William Way area. Researchers now say the d...

Last Updated Saturday, July 17, 2021 2:41PM EDT Crews are busy cleaning up after a powerful tornado touched down in southern Barrie on Thursday, with two people remaining in hospital and at least 71 homes deemed uninhabitable. First responders have switched from emergency operations to recovery and support for the community after ensuring all people were accounted for in the aftermath of the tornado. Barrie Fire Chief Cory Mainprize said crews are working to remove massive amounts of debris from the scene and inspecting homes to ensure they’re safe for residents to retur...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- Eight people were injured, four seriously, when a tornado ripped through a Barrie, Ont., neighbourhood Thursday afternoon, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. During a press conference Thursday evening, Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said there were so far no fatalities. "Everybody is accounted for, but it is early yet," he said. Fire officials said crews were checking "under every bed and behind every door" to ensure no one was trapped in the rubble. Officials said roughly 20 homes were damaged, and "about three or four" would have to be rebuilt. Early Thursday af...

TORONTO -- Barrie city councillor Natalie Harris said it happened quickly. Harris was visiting her son and dogs at her ex-husband's home Thursday afternoon when she said he called and advised them to go to the basement. Holding on to her son, Harris told CP24, she saw that "something was clearly happening" outside and dust started to come down in the basement. "If you could imagine Mother Nature ripping half your house off -- that's loud," Harris said. "It was just so loud, and the power went out." "I thought maybe this is it. Honestly, we didn't know when it would end. And there was no...