Several people injured after tornado hits Canadian city

Damage left after a tornado touched down in a neighbourhood of Barrie, Ontario, on Thursday (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Several people have been injured and many more displaced after a tornado ripped through part of a city in the south of the Canadian province of Ontario, its mayor said as he expressed relief that no lives had been lost in the destruction.

Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said that while the tornado that hit a neighbourhood in the city’s south end caused extensive property damage, as of Thursday evening, no deaths were reported and no-one appeared to be unaccounted for.