BRAMPTON— A possible tornado early Wednesday morning in Brampton has Environment Canada investigating the matter.

The city’s forestry crews continue to clear downtown streets that were littered with broken trees and tree limbs. The amount of debris causes the closure of Main Street south of Wellington, as well as a closure on Elgin Drive, this morning.

One eyewitness reports to have seen “swirling funnels” in the Centre Street and Clarence Street area, and sought shelter in his basement around 5 a.m.

Reports of property damage to Multi-Web Technologies Inc. at 98 Rutherford Rd. S. were confirmed by Peel police. The unoccupied building was damaged by wind, with windows and a wall blown out. Another report suggests a metal hydro pole on Wellington Street snapped in half.

Brampton fire and Peel police are also dealing with flooding in the area, caused by heavy rain.

Geoff Coulson, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist at Environment Canada, told The Guardian there is no evident yet that a tornado touched down in Brampton but investigations are ongoing. He confirmed damage to the warehouse occurred around 4:45 a.m.

“We didn’t have much coming up on the radar,” he said, adding that the damage could have been caused by a tornado, or by a microburst (a localized burst of damaging winds).

However, he said eyewitness accounts to stronger activity like funnel clouds calls for further investigation.

“We would want to try to determine if there is a track of damage or if it is spotty damage,” he said.

BEMO (Brampton Emergency Measures Office) and Environment Canada are working together to review the damage. Staff removing debris say roads should be open again by noon today.