Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 6, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba killer Tornado Winnipeg free press sunday August 6, 2006 a5 John Woods / Winnipeg free press an investigator reports by cellphone from the Campground at Gull Lake. A woman was killed there and her husband was injured when the Tornado hit their trailer. Stormy weather deadly tornadoes and hurricanes in Canada Regina ? 1912 Tornado 28 dead hundreds injured 2,500 left homeless damage in excess of $4 million More than 400 buildings destroyed. Portage la Prairie ? 1922 Tornado five dead scores injured $2 million in damage. Windsor to Tecumseh ont. ? 1946 Tornado 17 dead hundreds injured damage estimated at $500,000 to $1.5 million. Sarnia ont. ? 1953 Tornado seven dead 40 injured 500 left homeless. Toronto ? 1954 Hurricane Hazel 81 dead 1,868 families left homeless flood damage estimated at $25 million. Maritime ? 1959 Hurricane unnamed 33 dead. Cape Breton Island . ? 1968 Hurricane Gladys one dead. Sudbury ont. ? 1970 Tornado six dead 200 injured dam age of $10 million or More. Windsor ont. ? 1974 Tornado nine dead 30 injured dam age of $500,000. Woodstock ont. ? 1979 Tornado two dead estimated $7 million in damages. Montreal ? 1982 Tornado five dead 26 injured hundreds of Homes and barns flattened. Coast of British Columbia ? 1984 Hurricane typhoon tropical storm Odgen five dead. Hopeville to Barrie ont. ? 1985 Tornado 12 dead hundreds injured 800 homeless More than 100 build Ings damaged at a Cost of Over $100 million 300 houses destroyed. Edmonton ? 1987 Tornado 27 dead 600 injured 1,700 homeless damage of $300 million much of the damage was caused by hailstorms accompanying the Torna do. Nova Scotia ? 1989 Hurricane Gabrielle one dead. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island ? 1990 Hurricane Bertha six dead. Southern new Brunswick ? 1991 Hurricane Bob two dead. Pine Lake Alta. ? 2000 Tornado eleven dead insurance claims totalling $15 million. Sources environment Canada emergency preparedness Canada Thunder Bay. The Interior of British tornadoes in Canada Columbia and Western new Brunswick Are. About 80 tornadoes Are reported each also Tornado zones. Year in Canada. Many More go unseen and unreported. On average there Are two. May to september Are the prime Tornado deaths and 20 injuries from tornadoes each months with the Peak season in june and year. Early july. Most tornadoes occur in the afternoon and Early evening. Canadas Tornado alleys Are Southern Ontario Alberta Southeastern Quebec and. The typical Tornado first appears As a a band stretching from Southern rotation in a huge Thunder Cloud behind a Saskatchewan and Manitoba through to shroud of heavy rain or Hail. The sky usually turns Green yellow or Black. The Tornado added part of the base of the Thunder descends As a violently rotating funnel Cloud begins to rotate and the Tornado is Cloud and sounds like the rumble of a born. Freight train. Tornadoes typically Snake erratically from Southwest to Northeast. A Tornado can last just a few minutes or a few hours and usually leaves a Wake of. Before a Tornado there is typically warm destruction. Humid weather. Thunderstorms develop when Cool Northern air masses collide with. The Odds of dying from a Tornado Are 12 hot air flowing North from the Gulf of million to one. Mexico. When Complex patterns of up drafts and downdrafts in the atmosphere Are source environment Canada the Best sales event Ever starts with amazing door crashers at All locations at1 0am 1375 Regent ave. W 1-800-616-5504 Waverley at Bishop Grandin 1-800-509-4084 1400 Mcphillips 1-800-566-3934 2400 Mcphillips 1-800-928-0640 ;