Alberta Tornado News Today

Volunteers in Central Alberta are braving the elements to build a new home for victims of the Canada Day tornado, helping the family and community heal after the natural disaster.

Warnings and advisories were issued Wednesday as weather conditions became favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms which may produce tornadoes.

Warnings and advisories were issued Wednesday as weather conditions became favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms which may produce tornadoes.

Two families whose homes were destroyed by a tornado north of Calgary are thankful for help from volunteers.

Two families whose homes were destroyed by a tornado north of Calgary are thankful for help from volunteers.

The tornado that formed near Carstairs, Alta., on Canada Day was the strongest one Alberta has seen since 1987, Environment and Climate Change Canada said in a preliminary report.

Around 2:30 p.m., Environment Canada meteorologists tracked the tornado about 30 kilometres north of Lethbridge, moving northeast at 25 km/h.

A tornado was spotted east of Red Deer near Stettler in central Alberta Wednesday afternoon, picking up dirt from farmers fields and becoming visible from several kilometres away.

A tornado was spotted east of Red Deer near Stettler in central Alberta Wednesday afternoon, picking up dirt from farmers fields and becoming visible from several kilometres away.