Alberta weekend tornado that damaged, destroyed homes rated rare, violent twister

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The twister was rated a four on the Enhanced Fujita scale of wind-damage intensity, just one short of the maximum rating of five

A preliminary report on a weekend tornado in central Alberta says its winds were so violent they picked up a 10-tonne farm combine and tossed it half the length of a football field.

The report by the Northern Tornadoes Project rated the twister as a four on the Enhanced Fujita scale of wind-damage intensity, just one short of the maximum rating of five. The storm destroyed three homes and damaged seven more, with the only apparent injury a cut suffered by a first responder.The report follows up on ground and drone surveys on the tornado that ripped through the rural area between the towns of Carstairs and Didsbury on Saturday afternoon.

 

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