Researchers investigating possible tornado landings in Niagara region

Severe upwind researchers are investigating aft they opportunity a tornado and perchance 2 others touched down successful nan Niagara region connected Monday.

Researcher Connell Miller pinch nan Northern Tornadoes Project astatine Western University says his squad was monitoring storms successful southwestern Ontario connected Monday erstwhile they saw aggregate reports connected societal media of what appeared to beryllium a tornado successful Fort Erie, Ont.

He says researchers utilized online videos and images to corroborate it was a tornado and are successful Fort Erie to measure nan damage.

Miller says assessing nan tornado’s destruction, specified arsenic immoderate debris and imaginable harm to buildings successful nan area, tin thief researchers find nan strength and size of nan tornado.

He says researchers are besides investigating 2 further suspected tornadoes, including 1 successful nan organization of Stevensville successful Fort Erie aft location were reports of chimney clouds successful nan area.

Miller says while southwestern Ontario is simply a basking spot for tornadoes, nan Niagara region mostly sees little tornadoes than areas specified arsenic Barrie, Ont., aliases Ottawa.

“We person our engineering squad retired location that will return a look astatine nan harm and return a look not only astatine what’s been damaged, but things for illustration nan building quality, nan property of nan building, what’s surrounding successful nan area,” Miller said.

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The Northern Tornadoes Project was founded astatine Western University successful 2017 to stock unfastened information connected tornadoes successful Canada. Miller says nan task intends to lend to nan country’s tornado climatology investigation and create caller devices to measure terrible upwind events.

“What we tin do pinch each of this information we’re gathering is trying to travel up pinch replacement methods that let america to get a consciousness of really beardown nan tornado is by utilizing unconventional things being damaged,” Miller says. “Things for illustration cars being thrown, harvest damage, aliases moreover character fall.”

Miller says he hopes their tornado investigations tin thief supply a amended knowing of really ambiance alteration impacts terrible upwind events successful Canada.

Environment Canada says Canada has nan 2nd highest tornado occurrence complaint successful nan world down nan United States, astir often happening successful nan Prairies and confederate Ontario and peaking successful precocious June and July.