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Canada's 'Tornado Alley' runs through Windsor and Essex County
Southwestern Ontario is a hot spot for tornado activity in Canada, Environment Canada meteorologist Peter Kimbell told the Star for a piece published on June 17, marking the 70th anniversary of a...
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Twister leaves destruction and 'overwhelming' shock in its wake
Garbage dumpsters were thrown the length of a football field. A 150-foot concrete wall was reduced to rubble. Massive cube vans were dragged across a parking lot. The daylight calm following Wednesday...
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Storm chaser has never seen anything like twister that hit LaSalle
Storm chaser and meteorologist Mark Robinson was “horrified” as he frantically tailed a violent tornado east, out of a LaSalle farm field toward heavily populated Windsor. “I thought, you know what?...
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Tornado-torn Kautex plant resumes some production six days after twister hit...
Paul Guidolin donned his red hard hat with the letters OK on it and walked towards the Kautex plant Wednesday where one week ago he saw pink insulation fly past him just before the winds from an F2...
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U.S. weather professor critical of Environment Canada tornado response
A Florida professor of meteorology says Environment Canada should admit it made “a high-impact mistake” in not issuing a tornado warning before two of them actually struck neighbourhoods in LaSalle and...
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Above average August temperatures fall just short of record
It wasn’t a record setter, but Windsor and Essex County residents experienced the warmest August since 2010 with more than the usual number of high humidity days. Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff...
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Windsor and Essex County facing extended heat warning
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has upgraded the areas’s Heat Warning to an Extended Heat Warning and extended it to Thursday. According to a release from the the health unit, Dr. Wajid Ahmed, the...
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Eight out of 10 Windsor-Essex beaches safe for swimming this weekend
With summer drawing to an end, this weekend could be one of the last of the year to enjoy local beaches — and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is giving the go-ahead. According to the WECHU’s...
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Weather Network predicts relatively warm fall for Windsor-Essex
This fall’s temperatures will be above normal in the Windsor-Essex region, predicts The Weather Network. “It’s already been an above-normal September,” said Kelly Sonnenburg, a Weather Network...
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Teachers also suffer in overheated schools
Re: Hey, cool it down in our schools, guest column by Jade Kell, Sept. 14. Kell makes some very good points when talking about the stifling heat that many classrooms experience, not only towards the...
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Raw Video: Flooding delays couple en route to funeral home
Standing in ankle-deep water with sirens blaring in the background, a couple talks about severe flooding in Tecumseh is delaying their efforts to plan for the funeral of a loved one.
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Reader Photos: Flooding in Windsor, Tecumseh
A gallery of reader photos of the flooding in Windsor and Tecumseh. Send your photos to tips@windsorstar.com. Heavy rains flooded streets in Windsor and Tecumseh on Sept. 29, 2016. (Frank Fazio/Special...
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Downpour overwhelms city's sewers, causes flooding
A major downpour has taxed the city’s sewer system, especially in the east end which has been swamped with three to four inches of rain in 24 hours. “Three to four inches of rain in that time period is...
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Current lull won't last long: More rains expected for flood-ravaged...
The clearing skies this afternoon is just a temporary lull in the torrential rainfall that has already pummelled Windsor and Essex County Thursday, forcing some motorists to abandon their vehicles on...
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Windsor-Tecumseh flood prompts school bus cancellations
Heavy rains that caused widespread flooding forced the cancellation of some Thursday afternoon school buses. For the public school board, afternoon buses were cancelled at A.V. Graham and D.M. Eagle...
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Windsor-Essex sets rainfall record; rainfall warning still in effect
A heavy rainfall warning is still in effect for the Windsor region after a record rainfall was recorded Thursday. Geoff Coulson, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the weather station at the...
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Windsor, Tecumseh declare states of emergency due to flooding: 'More than we...
Mayors in the City of Windsor and the Town of Tecumseh declared states of emergency Thursday after intense storms pounded the area, flooding basements and forcing residents to abandon cars in flooded...
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Riverside family fights flood together
Every time it starts to rain, Denis Dagenais starts to worry. On Thursday, his fears were once again realized. His daughter’s Edward Avenue home was among hundreds that were flooded when a deluge...
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Lakeshore looking for volunteers to shovel snow
A Snow Angels program in Lakeshore is looking for volunteers to shovel snow for those who can’t this winter. Volunteers need to be 13 years or older and able to shovel snow including the sidewalk in...
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Flood makes catastrophe list, but Windsor's tornado didn't
Unlike the August tornados in Windsor and LaSalle, last week’s flooding in Windsor and Tecumseh will make it onto a list of 2016 Canadian insurance catastrophes. Damages stemming from the most recent...
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