In a rare late-season event, two tornadoes touched down in New Brunswick on Friday, marking the latest tornadoes ever recorded in the province. The Northern Tornadoes Project, a research group based in Ontario, confirmed that the tornadoes hit the Harvey and Sheffield areas around 5 p.m., with both twisters classified as EF-0 on the tornado severity scale. This surprising occurrence has shattered New Brunswick’s previous record of a late tornado in September 1965.
Dave Sills, executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, highlighted the significance of this event, noting that tornadoes are typically rare in New Brunswick — and even more so in November. “This is more than a month past our previous record,” he shared, emphasizing the anomaly of the event. The Harvey tornado reached speeds up to 115 km/h, with fallen trees and other minor damage reported in the region.
The event has prompted the research team to head to New Brunswick for further investigation to confirm the tornadoes’ tracks and update their ratings if necessary. Sills attributes this prolonged tornado season, stretching from March to November, to potential climate change effects, suggesting that warming temperatures may be extending tornado activity into the colder months.
The unusual event has drawn attention to Canada’s evolving climate patterns, which may be reshaping natural phenomena across the country.
Source: Swifteradio.com
