Photos: The 2010 Leamington tornado

Five years ago, on June 6, 2010, a tornado ripped through Leamington, Ont. and left a swath of destruction throughout the lakeside town.

A Park Street home that was split in half in Leamington, Ontario. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Jay Shanks surveys the damage of his property caused by a tornado in Leamington, Ontario. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Jo-Ellen Westgate, walks past her demolished home at 313 Seacliff Drive in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010, two days after a tornado ripped through the southwestern Ontario town. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)

Jo-Ellen Westgate, looks into her demolished home at 313 Seacliff Dr. in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010, two days after a tornado ripped through the southwestern Ontario town. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)

The remains of a kitchen owned by Jo-Ellen Westgate at 313 Seacliff Dr. in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010, two days after a tornado ripped through the southwestern Ontario town. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)

Hydro One crews replace utility poles along Seacliff Drive in Leamington, Ont. during efforts to restore power to the southwestern Ontario town. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)

A tree is removed from a home on Seacliff Drive home in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010. Cleanup continues following the tornado that crossed the region early Sunday morning. (JASON KRYK/ THE WINDSOR STAR)

A damaged car sits on Seacliff Drive home in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010. Cleanup continues following the tornado that crossed the region early Sunday morning. (JASON KRYK/ THE WINDSOR STAR)

A traffic sign rests against a tree on Seacliff Drive in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010. Cleanup continues following the tornado that crossed the region early Sunday morning. (JASON KRYK/ THE WINDSOR STAR)

An unidentified man walks past a greenhouse complex destroyed by a tornado on Seacliff Drive in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010. Cleanup continues following the tornado that crossed the region early Sunday morning. (JASON KRYK/ THE WINDSOR STAR)

Meagan and Tracy Verheyen watch as crews remove a tree that fell on their Seacliff Drive home in Leamington, Ont., on June 7, 2010. Cleanup continues following the tornado that crossed the region early Sunday morning. (JASON KRYK/ THE WINDSOR STAR)

Wilf Barnett displays a dangerous shard of glass from his greenhouse, Monday June 7, 2010. Barnett and his family will be busy picking up thousands of pieces broken glass after a tornado blasted through his neighbourhood on Seacliff Drive in Leamington early Sunday morning. (NICK BRANCACCIO/THE WINDSOR STAR)

An unidentified woman takes a photograph of a car and home destroyed by a fallen tree on Conover Avenue as cleanup continues after the weekend tornado ripped through Leamington, Ont. (JASON KRYK/ THE WINDSOR STAR)

Premier Dalton McGuinty walks with Chris Jacobs, managing director of Keepsake Plants, (left) and MPP Bruce Crozier (right) while touring the damage from the recent tornado in Leamington on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE / The Windsor Star)

Premier Dalton McGuinty (centre) talks with Chris Jacobs, managing director of Keepsake Plants, Mayor John Adams, MPP Bruce Crozier and MPP Pat Hoy (left to right) while touring the damage from the recent tornado in Leamington on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE / The Windsor Star)

A symbolic image for the region known as the Tomato Capital of Canada, along Seacliff Drive in Leamington Monday June 7, 2010. The area was blasted by a tornado early Sunday morning. Greenhouse owner Gerry Mastronardi, behind, uses a chain saw after several trees were toppled on his property. (NICK BRANCACCIO/THE WINDSOR STAR)

The owner of a house on Park Street in Leamington looks at the tree that crushed her home in Leamington, Ontario on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

George Church, supervisor of public works for the municipality of Leamington has a coffee break with his wife Cheryle, as they sit atop a huge tree stump that was a result of a F2 category tornado that touched down over the weekend. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

Erie Street South in Leamington, Ontario. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

A woman trying to locate her father at her parents house on Erie Street South in Leamington, Ontario. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Manuel Salgado stands on top of a tree that crushed his home in Leamington, Ontario on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Al Antoniuk surveys the damage at his house on Park Street in Leamington, Ont. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Jay Shanks surveys the damage at his house on Park Street in Leamington, Ontario. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town of Leamington on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Houses were destroyed along the marina in Leamington after a tornado ripped through the town on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Victor Argobright surveys the damage at his house on Foster Street in Leamington, Ont. A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town earlier that morning. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

A tornado ravaged the south western Ontario town of Leamington on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Erie Street South in Leamington, Ont. is pictured after a tornado ravaged the town on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

A citizen helps clean up in Leamington, Ont. on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

A worker cuts down the remains of a tree in Leamington, Ont. on June 6, 2010. (BEN NELMS/The Windsor Star)

Homes, greenhouses, automobiles damaged along Seacliff Drive in Leamington Monday June 7, 2010. The area was blasted by a tornado early Sunday morning. (NICK BRANCACCIO/THE WINDSOR STAR)