Calgary watching for increasing tornado activity
Posted Oct 4, 2013 7:26 am.
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As Calgary is still cleaning up from June’s devastating flood, city officials are considering the possibility of what else could go wrong.
Emergency response officials say tornado activity has become more frequent around Calgary.
Bruce Burrell tells the Calgary Sun, it’s likely they’ll soon start training to respond to twisters at the city’s Emergency Operations Centre.
A University of Calgary researcher predicted five years ago tornadoes would become more frequent around the city in the next couple decades.
Burrell says while low humidity has made twisters rare in Cowtown, climate change is turning things on its head.
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