About 40,000 festival-goers in Ontario were urged to take shelter in their cars early Monday afternoon as severe thunderstorms swept across the region.
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The course of the “Boots and Hearts” music festival in a suburb of Toronto was turned upside down by a tornado warning from the Canadian environment and climate protection agency “Environment and Climate Change Canada”.
“WEATHER WARNING: Due to the upcoming severe weather, we are evacuating the entertainment area. Take refuge in your vehicle. We will take stock as soon as possible,” said the organization of the music festival on its X account.
Thousands of people are camping near the stage where the artists are performing, making it easier for festival-goers to evacuate.
A few minutes after the storm cell had passed through, the organization reopened the site and lifted the protection order.
A tornado chaser in this region of Ontario had expressed concern about the on-site festival-goers.
“If you know someone [festival] near Barrie I would recommend that they be evacuated […] “A very violent tornado is heading straight for the event,” Connor Mockett pointed out on X.
A video published on social networks shows violent hailstorms in the area of Oro-Medonte, the town where the celebrations are taking place.
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