The tornado that destroyed several homes in central Alberta on the weekend was one of the strongest recorded in Canada’s history, with winds powerful enough to toss a farm combine weighing nearly 10,000 kilograms.
The Northern Tornadoes Project released Tuesday its preliminary damage analysis for the Mountain View County twister, rating the tornado as an EF-4, on the high end of the enhanced Fujita scale, which tops out at EF-5.
“Since we’ve started tracking tornadoes in the 1900s, only 21 have been rated this severe,” said Connell Miller, a survey lead with the team, which works alongside Environment and Climate Change Canada.
“If you think
