Western’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) recorded 86 tornadoes (including a fire-generated tornado) across Canada during the 2023 season, significantly less than the previous year’s 129 – a Canadian record for the most tornadoes documented in a yea …
Northern Tornadoes Project
Movie-inspired technology successfully collects hail data from eye of the storm
Western researchers use tiny sensors to understand conditions for hailstone growth
Northern Hail Project creates Canada’s preeminent hail detection network
Bigger team, more tech to support study of extreme precipitation in Calgary
Western researchers determine July 1 Alberta tornado was among most powerful ever seen in Canada
Northern Tornadoes Project and collaborators rate Canada Day tornado at EF4
Western project is tornado-proofing Canadian communities
The Northern Tornadoes Project and the WindEEE Dome are leading research into extreme weather and wind engineering
Northern Tornadoes Project confirms 117 tornadoes for Canada in 2022
Researchers conducted 447 severe weather investigations in 2022 using satellites, aircraft, drones and ground surveys
Expert insight: Canada is witnessing more thunderstorm impacts than ever before
In Canada, a significant chunk of insured catastrophic losses are a result of extreme weather
Students’ field work takes them to tornado aftermath
Northern Tornadoes Project internship program offers unique learning experience
Northern Hail Project recovers record-breaking hailstone
Rare giant specimen aids better understanding of hailstorms
Expert insight: The cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after a disaster
How building cheaper will cost more following environmental disasters and what can be done
Western researchers first to map effects of England’s ‘little ice age’
Interactive GIS database chronicles 500-year-old extreme climate events
Severe weather experts join Western’s Northern Hail Project
Julian Brimelow, Simon Eng named to new leadership team
Western-led research team tracks 100 tornadoes in 2021
Northern Tornadoes Project investigates extreme weather in Canada for better detection, protection
Movie-inspired technology successfully collects hail data from eye of the storm
Western researchers use tiny sensors to understand conditions for hailstone growth
Northern Hail Project creates Canada’s preeminent hail detection network
Bigger team, more tech to support study of extreme precipitation in Calgary
Western researchers determine July 1 Alberta tornado was among most powerful ever seen in Canada
Northern Tornadoes Project and collaborators rate Canada Day tornado at EF4
Western project is tornado-proofing Canadian communities
The Northern Tornadoes Project and the WindEEE Dome are leading research into extreme weather and wind engineering
Northern Tornadoes Project confirms 117 tornadoes for Canada in 2022
Researchers conducted 447 severe weather investigations in 2022 using satellites, aircraft, drones and ground surveys
Expert insight: Canada is witnessing more thunderstorm impacts than ever before
In Canada, a significant chunk of insured catastrophic losses are a result of extreme weather
Students’ field work takes them to tornado aftermath
Northern Tornadoes Project internship program offers unique learning experience
Northern Hail Project recovers record-breaking hailstone
Rare giant specimen aids better understanding of hailstorms
Expert insight: The cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after a disaster
How building cheaper will cost more following environmental disasters and what can be done
Western researchers first to map effects of England’s ‘little ice age’
Interactive GIS database chronicles 500-year-old extreme climate events
Severe weather experts join Western’s Northern Hail Project
Julian Brimelow, Simon Eng named to new leadership team
Western-led research team tracks 100 tornadoes in 2021
Northern Tornadoes Project investigates extreme weather in Canada for better detection, protection