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The Edmonton tornado of 1987, an event 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]
Alberta Emergency Alert. Alberta Emergency Alert ( AEA) is a public warning system in Alberta that warns the public on impending or occurring emergencies affecting an area. The system was implemented in October 2011, replacing the former Alberta Emergency Public Warning System. Alerts are disseminated through various media outlets including ...
Edmonton has a fairly dry climate. On average, it receives 476.9 millimetres (18.78 in) of precipitation, of which 365.7 millimetres (14.40 in) is rain and 111.2 millimetres (4.38 in) is the melt from 123.5 centimetres (48.6 in) of snowfall per annum. [4] Precipitation is heaviest in the late spring, summer, and early autumn.
Much of Minnesota and Wisconsin were under air quality warnings early Monday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Fine air particles in the Twin Cities reached as high as 184 on the Air Quality ...
Thousands of people in western Canada are facing the wrath of wildfires this week amid severe drought. Some six thousand people were told to evacuate Fort McMurray, Alberta, where 90,000 residents ...
Winter weather [ edit] a blizzard. a major snowfall of 25 cm (9.8 in) or more in a 24-hour period. a significant snowfall (snowfall warning criteria) combined with another winter hazard such as freezing rain, strong winds, blowing snow and/or extreme cold. a major snowfall of 25 cm (9.8 in) or more in a 24-hour period.
The high winds pushed smoke across Alberta on Saturday, putting the city of Edmonton under an air quality advisory with hazard levels rated at 10-plus — or “very high risk” — forecast.