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A red tornado warning was issued by Environment Canada around 5:30 p.m. Saturday for the County of Vermilion River, Alta., but was cancelled roughly 30 minutes later.

Kingston had been placed under a red-alert tornado warning on June 30, with the Northern Tornadoes Project confirming an EF0 and EF1 tornado hit the reagion.

As heat waves blanket parts of Canada, experts say the extreme heat and humidity can also 'fuel' severe thunderstorms — and even tornadoes.

Two tornadoes have been reported in southern Saskatchewan after thunderstorms were seen moving across the area, though it appears only one may have caused damage.

A tornado touched down in western Manitoba on Sunday night, Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Northern Tornado Project have confirmed.

Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for parts of Manitoba, saying a severe thunderstorm may be producing a tornado west of Salt Point.

A potentially record-breaking summer storm season in Saskatchewan is showing no sign of letting up. Severe weather ripped through the province again over the weekend.

East-central Saskatchewan, near the Manitoba border, saw heavy rains and thunderstorms, and other parts of the province, like Regina, saw similar downpours.  

The Alberta RCMP are expected to provide an update Thursday afternoon after two tornadoes are reported to have touched down Wednesday evening in eastern Alberta.

Environment and Climate Change Canada confirmed a tornado formed in Winnipeg during Monday's storm.

Across the three prairie provinces there have been 48 tornadoes so far this year. The annual average is 34.

The warning, which was issued shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday for areas including Chatham-Kent and Rondeau Park, has since ended.

Conditions are ripe for the development of severe thunderstorms that may generate strong wind gusts, large hail, heavy rain and possibly tornadoes, Environment Canada said.

One Verona family is recovering after being caught in the severe storm that passed through Eastern Ontario on Tuesday and left 100-foot pine trees uprooted all over their property

At 7:28 p.m. Friday, meteorologists said they were tracking an area of severe thunderstorms that was possibly producing a tornado.

Ten tornadoes tied Saskatchewan's one-day record Friday as extreme heat fuelled severe storms, with Environment Canada warning more tornadoes are possible.

The severe thunderstorm was over a rural area between Brooks, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, and was moving was moving to the southeast at 40 km/h.

Flooding concerns are mounting in Alberta as Edmonton nears a June rainfall record, while tornado watches and severe storms threaten parts of Saskatchewan.

Environment Canada says in a Friday afternoon update that 'significant damage or destruction to infrastructure, homes and the natural environment is possible.'

A tornado has been confirmed near Oxbow on Tuesday after severe thunderstorms swept across southeastern Saskatchewan, bringing large hail, heavy rain and damaging winds.