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The Ottawa-Gatineau tornadoes, by the numbers

It's not easy to comprehend the scope of Friday's storm, but these numbers should help.

Environment Canada has confirmed 6 twisters touched down Friday

People cycle past homes damaged by trees by a tornado in the Arlington Woods neighbourhood of Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Six tornadoes. Thousands of homes destroyed. Tens of thousands of power outages.

The scope of the damage caused by the twisters that tore through the Ottawa-Gatineau region on Sept. 21 was vast — potentially too vast to get a firm handle on.

We've compiled some of the most salient numbers in an attempt to show the extent of the devastation.