Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 4:21 PM –Post-tornado cleaning is in place after a deadly tornado ragged through the settlements of Alonsa, Silver Ridge, and Margaret Bruce in Manitoba last Friday, claiming lives of a person.

As per Environment Canada, the tornado has been formally set as an EF-4, making its existence to be the most powerful one to hit the continent in this year.

The damage that EF-4 brings in linked with wind speeds of 267 to 322 km/h. With speeds this high, even the well-built houses can be devastated. The debris becomes deadly. The tornado of Alonsa was recorded to have winds between 270 to 280 km/h.

A 77-year-old man, Jack Furrie was killed by the hit as it ragged through the region. The person was seen dead outside his devastated home in Alonsa.