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 investigates extreme weather in Canada for better detection, protection
Northern Hail Project furthers Western’s severe storm investigative strength
Hurricane straps keep roofs on houses and can improve safety during tornadoes
The team conducted 409 investigations, thanks in part to reports from everyday Canadians.
Tornado and extreme weather experts Greg Kopp and Dave Sills took part in a webcast on May 21, 2020 to discuss the upcoming tornado season and how to best detect tornado occurrence throughout Canada.
Two campgrounds in ruins. Houses lifted and shifted on their foundations. Thousands of trees felled as if by a giant meteorological axe.
All told, as many as 15 tornadoes swept through northern Saskatchewan and Alberta during the Canada Day weekend, new findings from Western’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) suggest.
No longer will important information about severe storms across the country – information that could save countless lives – be simply gone with the wind.
David Sills still remembers the smells and sounds of that mercurial evening in July 1980.
Northern Tornadoes Project investigates extreme weather in Canada for better detection, protection
Northern Hail Project furthers Western’s severe storm investigative strength
Hurricane straps keep roofs on houses and can improve safety during tornadoes
The team conducted 409 investigations, thanks in part to reports from everyday Canadians.
Tornado and extreme weather experts Greg Kopp and Dave Sills took part in a webcast on May 21, 2020 to discuss the upcoming tornado season and how to best detect tornado occurrence throughout Canada.
Two campgrounds in ruins. Houses lifted and shifted on their foundations. Thousands of trees felled as if by a giant meteorological axe.
All told, as many as 15 tornadoes swept through northern Saskatchewan and Alberta during the Canada Day weekend, new findings from Western’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) suggest.
No longer will important information about severe storms across the country – information that could save countless lives – be simply gone with the wind.
David Sills still remembers the smells and sounds of that mercurial evening in July 1980.