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• Pumpkin problems: Alberta’s wet summer affecting annual crop

  Pumpkin patch owners in northern Alberta are looking at unprecedented options, like charging admission, or shipping in pumpkins, as the wet summer wreaks havoc on their crops.

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  Aug 12
• Environment Canada implements new alert system for extreme weather warnings

  Environment Canada is now using a more precise warning system that allows meteorologists to draw a polygon over an area encompassing a severe weather alert.

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  Aug 11
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• Prairie producers filed more than 4,000 crop insurance claims in stormy July

  Thousands of storm-related crop insurance claims were filed in July as harvest season approaches, according to the Canadian Hail Crop Association.

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  Aug 7
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• Family stranded overnight as storm blocks road near Seibert Lake: ‘Couldn’t see anything’

  A severe thunderstorm swept across the Lac La Biche region, leaving a swath of destruction in the Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area and trapping a family near Seibert Lake.

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  Aug 5
• Edmonton’s summer of rain has Folk Fest trucking in sand, Fringe hiring meteorologist

  Edmonton's signature outdoor music festival is trucking in tonnes of sand and pumping out water to avoid becoming the latest casualty of the city’s wettest summer on record.

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  Aug 4
• A tale of 2 cities: Edmonton floods while Calgary bakes in the sun

  Alberta's two biggest cities have had starkly different weather over the past month with Edmonton getting nearly 25 times the amount of rain that's fallen on Calgary in July.

  Weather

  Jul 31
• Heat, air quality warnings issued for areas of central and southern Alberta

  Unseasonably warm temperatures and smoky skies are in the forecast for a large area of southern and central Alberta over the next few days.

  Health

  Jul 30
• Summer of storms keeps Edmonton-area festival organizers on their toes

  While Big Valley Jamboree is still waiting to see how the weather turns out, other festivals in the Edmonton region have already experienced Mother Nature's wrath firsthand.

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  Jul 29
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• Thunderstorm cleanup expected to cost City of Edmonton $20-$30 million

  Edmonton city manager Eddie Robar says this is the first time in his current role he's seen the effects of summer storms cost more than in the winter.

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  Jul 29
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• Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes possible across Alberta, in Edmonton region Tuesday

  There are several overlapping advisories for both severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, with storms expected to materialize in the late afternoon across central Alberta.

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  Jul 28
• 2026 is the wettest summer on record in Edmonton — with more storms expected

  Since the beginning of 2026, the Edmonton region has recorded 655.7 mm of precipitation  — both heavy snowfalls in the winter and rain now — and the year is far from over.

  Weather

  Jul 28
• Monday thunderstorm floods roads, halts traffic and transit across Edmonton

  Three waves of heavy rainfall doused the Edmonton region in quick succession Monday afternoon, flooding roads, downing trees and halting traffic.

  Weather

  Jul 27
• Edmonton organizations watch out for seniors during hot, smoky conditions

  Meals on Wheels, which delivers more than 300 meals each day throughout Edmonton, says the extreme weather has made regular wellness checks even more important.

  Health

  Jul 24
• Calgary air quality on Friday among the worst cities on earth

  A thick blanket of wildfire smoke over southern Alberta on Friday put Calgary, Airdrie, Banff and Canmore on the list of having some of the worst air quality on the planet.

  Health

  Jul 24
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• Thorhild, Westlock counties declare state of agricultural disasters due to rain

  Record June rainfall and several intense July storms has put a damper on the growing season, with states of agricultural disaster declared in Thorhild County and Westlock County.

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  Jul 23
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• ‘Prolonged stretch of hot air,’ poor air quality advisories blanket the Prairies

  With temperatures in the mid to low 30s C expected to blanket the Prairie provinces over the next few days, much the area is under both heat and air quality warnings.

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  Jul 23
• 2 tornadoes touched down in Rocky Mountain House, Environment Canada confirms

  Two tornadoes with a rating of EF2 touched down within 20 minutes of each other in Rocky Mountain House and Clearwater County on July 18, Environment Canada has confirmed.

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  Jul 22
• How the Northern Tornadoes Project helps verify twisters as Alberta on track for record year

  The director of the Northern Tornadoes Project explains the work his research team does and what observations they've made about Alberta's 2026 summer storm season.

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  Jul 21
• Inquiry hears avalanche danger moderate on day of 2021 fatal Banff snow slide

  A Parks Canada official in charge of visitor safety said the avalanche danger was rated moderate and didn’t need updating on the day of a fatal 2021 snow slide.

  Canada

  Jul 20
• Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke

  From hot and muggy to torrential downpours, it's been a dramatic few weeks of weather and now, a condition Albertans had hoped to evade has drifted down from the N.W.T.

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  Jul 20
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• Federal Court orders Edmonton prison to act on complaints about extreme heat

  One affidavit from an inmate in 2018 who was housed in a corner cell nicknamed "the oven" says a maintenance worker recorded a temperature of over 40 C in her cell.

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  Jul 20
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• Calgary area ‘very uniquely situated’ for study of hailstorms, says researcher

  Researchers with the Northern Hail Project deploying some new 'hail sensors' this year to collect information on size and impact of storms in Canada's 'hail alley.'

  Science

  Jul 16
• Alberta entering prolonged mosquito season not seen in decades: ‘Eaten alive’

  'There's water in places I haven't seen in literally decades. The mosquitoes are being produced from those habitats,' said Edmonton biological sciences technician Mike Jenkins.

  Environment

  Jul 14
• Deep sinkhole opens up in north Edmonton after weekend thunderstorms

  The City of Edmonton and EPCOR say Mother Nature has pushed the wastewater system to its limits in recent weeks, as several thunderstorms have dumped massive amounts of rain.

  Weather

  Jul 13