This summer has been a bit wild when it comes to weather across Ontario, with several community receiving tornado warnings over the past several weeks.
In August, at least two tornados were recorded in Fort Erie and nearby Ayr, with land spouts being observed in Ohsweken and Hagersville over the weekend.
We spoke with Dr. Connell Miller of the Northern Tornadoes Project.
While Ontario has seen it’s fair share of thunderstorms and rain, Dr. Miller says when it comes to actual tornados touching down – it’s not as bad as other parts of the country.
One of the things that makes areas like Norfolk a bit more susceptible to big storms and tornados has to do with where we are geographically.
One of the reasons why the Northern Tornado Project started up in 2017 was due to the large amount of Tornados that happen in Canada, but the difficulty in tracking each one simply due to the countries large land mass.
Dr. Miller also talked about how they figure out how strong a tornado is once they are there.
Earlier this month, the caught the attention of people across Canada after putting out a statement regarding Canada’s poor record of predicting tornadoes and how it must be improved to save lives.
This came 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.
Written by Matt LeBlanc with files from The Canadian Press