When was edmonton tornado

CBC Archives has a new look: Please go to cbc. On July 31, , the weather in Edmonton is reaching biblical proportions: torrential rains, rivers rising and severe hailstorms. Then, at p. It sweeps northward through downtown Edmonton, tearing the city apart. As we see in this clip, even the experts are shaken.

From the Edmonton weather office there are amazing video images of a terrifying sight that, for 27 people, would be their last. It was categorized as an F4 tornado, rivalling anything encountered in North America. It carved a swath of destruction between metres and a kilometre wide along a kilometre path. Loss of radioactive shipment prompted an investigation. Dillingham Construction: Steel-clad warehouse was leveled and aluminum-clad warehouse lost its sheathing.

Extensive debris. Lee Mason Tools: Three-section reinforced concrete-block building was demolished. Fatalities and injuries were reduced when machine tools held roof above floor.

Norton Steel: Steel-framed warehouse reduced to debris. Access to injured restricted by weight of beams. Lumber spread over large area. CN Railway: Locomotive and train of loaded cars took a direct hit. Cab filled with rubbish. Empty shunted boxcar toppled onto crew Windsor farm: PCB filled transformers in storage were damaged.

After million dollar cleanup, land remained posted. Miracle Baby. In Loving Memory. Jim Allan, Sharon Andruchow, Merle Bain, Marie Barker, Manuel Carreiro, George Demetrios, Edward Dery, Ajmer Dhaliwal, Lloyd Fankhanel, Richard Gillespie, Frederick Hartfiel, Daniel Lewis, To Ly, Edito Mendosa, Clement Nault, Alfred Nolin, Etta Nolin, Graham Palmer, Kelly Pancel, Mary Putnam, Diane Reimer, Darcy Reimer, Dawn Reimer, Marvin Reimer, Patricia Robinson, Gregory Trabenik, Eugene Zaparyniuk, 42 died almost a week later from his injuries.

Tornado Path. Track map from the Atlas of the Edmonton Tornado and Hailstorm, Tornado Photos. Of course, none of us were around for the flood, but the flood was an issue for people. We do come together to help each other, and the tornado was one of those events. I do have a basement. Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Edmonton Journal, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way.

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As some storm spotters in rural areas get older, Environment Canada is using social media more and more, Proctor said. Meteorologists monitor social media for reliable and regular storm spotters who report with the hashtag abstorm, adding that anyone witnessing severe weather can post on Twitter using this hashtag. For example, he said, a photograph of a man mowing his lawn with a tornado behind him exploded on Twitter in June, when the storm hit Three Hills, Alta.

Man who mowed lawn with tornado behind him says he 'was keeping an eye on it'. The rule of thumb is to head underground to a basement or a safe room. If that's not possible, people should try to get to an inner room or hallway away from windows.

That's about the best you can do. Trytten said every family should have a hour emergency preparedness kit, with enough supplies to last three days if caught in a natural or man-made disaster.