Halifax drivers were experiencing frightening conditions Friday as heavy rain from thunderstorms resulted in the flooding of busy roads and highways throughout the municipality. A torrential downpour, accompanied by persistent thunder and lightning, started around 3:30 p.m. Friday. By 8 p.m., the rain was still coming down in buckets, causing chaos for drivers and home
A heat dome is forming over Alberta, prompting widespread weather warnings and the activation of the City of Edmonton’s extreme weather response. “Another upper ridge in the jet stream will lead to hot, stable and stagnant conditions for much of Alberta for the near future,” Global Edmonton chief meteorologist Jesse Beyer said.Environment Canada issued heat
Smoke from raging wildfires in Quebec is being seen and smelled in a large part of Ontario on Tuesday, which has prompted special air quality statements from Environment Canada. The weather agency has placed much of southern Ontario under a special air quality statement, excluding some southwestern areas from London to Windsor.It said high levels
The summer season is here and the forecast is looking hotter than normal for much of Canada. We are still in a very “blocky” pattern that features a large upper-level ridge in the middle of the country. This has been an almost constant feature since the end of April and has led to record heat
A weak tornado was seen east of Red Deer in central Alberta Wednesday afternoon. Late in the afternoon, Environment Canada meteorologists tracked a severe thunderstorm that was producing a tornado north of Stettler.The weather agency said its preliminary classification shows it was a landspout.“So there are two different types of tornadoes — we have a
It’s been a snowy, blustery and bone-chilling winter for many Canadians. British Columbians were digging out of abnormal snow in early March. The Prairies have seen a good dose of good old-fashioned winter, and extreme cold warnings were issued in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces as well. Then there was the Christmas travel period
Much of Canada is under a winter weather warning, and it’s expected that bitterly cold wind chills in some parts will continue until the weekend. According to Environment Canada, an extreme cold warning has been issued for much of the country, including all of Alberta and Saskatchewan, with wind chills nearing -40.Northern Ontario, northern and
With large swathes of southern Ontario under winter weather advisories, snowfall warnings have been issued for some areas. Environment Canada sent snow warnings for Dufferin—Innisfil, Grey—Bruce and Halton—Peel early on Sunday morning.It warned snow would be “at times heavy” and continue throughout Sunday. The weather agency predicted an additional snowfall during the day of between
Did anyone really ask for another whack of snow? Well, southern Quebec is about to get some more winter weather. Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for parts of the province, including Montreal. A low-pressure system is moving in from Colorado — and gaining steam as it does.The city is set to get
Many of the images that have come out of parts of southern Ontario after a major winter storm several days ago are shocking. Among the areas hardest hit was the Niagara Region, where lake-effect snowsqualls powered by strong winds dropped plenty of snow.Photos from The Canadian Press near Fort Erie, Ont., show some houses along