Top 10 stories of 2023 on CTV News Ottawa's website
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A summer of severe weather, a fatal shooting outside an Ottawa wedding and a new owner for the Ottawa Senators topped the list of most-read stories on CTVNewsOttawa.ca in 2023.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top 10 stories on our website in 2023.
It was a summer of wild weather in Ottawa, with three tornadoes, nearly 100 mm of rain on an August day, smoky skies from Quebec wildfires and zero days with the temperature hitting 30 C in August.
In June, smoke from Quebec wildfires blanketed Ottawa for several days, forcing the cancellation of several events.
On July 13, two tornadoes touched down in Barrhaven, with maximum wind speeds of 155 km/h. Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project said the two tornadoes left paths of damage approximately 1 km and 5 km long, with more than 100 homes damaged by the storms.
On Aug. 3, an EF0 tornado with a maximum wind of 130 km/h hit the Findlay Creek area.
On Aug. 10, some areas of Ottawa saw between 75 and 100 mm of rain in a six-hour period, flooding roads and properties.
August 2023 was the first time in more than a decade that the temperature did not hit 30 C in Ottawa during the month. The warmest temperature was Aug. 9, when the temperature hit 28.3 C.
