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A part of the 1985 Midwest Tornado Outbreak. Longest track tornado in Canada at over 110 km. [139] 1985, May 31 1985 Rice Lake Tornado ON: F3: 0 – Rice Lake, ON – Erin, ON: A part of the 1985 Midwest Tornado Outbreak – twin tornado with Alma Tornado. F2 according to some sources. 1985, May 31 1985 Alma-Hillsburgh Tornado ON: F3: 0 –
The following are lists of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks: List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (before 2001) List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001) List of fatal and violent Canadian tornadoes; List of tornadoes by province (Canada)
For a variety of reasons, such as Canada's lower population density and generally stronger housing construction due to the colder climate, Canadian tornadoes have historically caused far fewer fatalities than tornadoes in the United States. The deadliest tornado in Canadian history, the Regina Cyclone of June 30, 1912, does not even rank in the ...
For a variety of reasons, such as Canada's lower population density and generally stronger housing construction due to the colder climate, Canadian tornadoes have historically caused fewer fatalities than tornadoes in the United States. The deadliest tornado in Canadian history, the Regina Cyclone of June 30, 1912, killed 28 and injured 300 ...
In Canada, tornadoes are rated based on the damage they cause using a set of "Damage Indicators" which estimate wind speeds based on different levels of damage. Before April 1, 2013, the scale used to rate tornadoes in Canada was the Fujita scale. Following this day, Environment Canada started to use the Enhanced Fujita scale. [2]
The Edmonton tornado, also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful, and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern parts of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Strathcona County on the afternoon of Friday, July 31, 1987. It was one of seven other tornadoes in central Alberta the same day. [5]
The deadliest tornado on record was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado which occurred in the Dhaka division of Bangladesh on April 26, 1989. With a rating of at least F3 from the World Meteorological Organization and top winds estimated at greater than 200 mph (320 km/h), the tornado killed an estimated 1,300 people and injured at least 12,000 others.
List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks .