A research group out of Western University say Canada’s poor record of predicting tornadoes must be improved to save lives.
The Northern Tornadoes Project findings come after Environment Canada issued a single tornado warning for a town northwest of Montreal on July 24th despite four twisters occurring that day.
The group is pushing for more tornado warnings to be broadcast, saying warnings to cellphones has certainly saved lives.
A researcher says a line of intense, fast-moving windstorms in Ontario and Quebec in 2022 was eventually blamed for 16 deaths, because people couldn’t get out of the way fast enough.
The director of prediction services for Quebec and Ontario at Environment Canada, says weaker tornadoes are more challenging to predict.
CANADIAN PRESS