Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is investigating whether construction crews building a major wind-turbine project on the eastern shores of Georgian Bay amidst tinder-dry ...

Perhaps the most extreme example of this in recent memory was during Typhoon Manghut as it hit Hong Kong. There were several large construction cranes that didn’t fare too well with the high winds.

This explains why roofs are often blown off during an extreme wind event. Connecting roofs to walls matters. Stapled roofs were banned following Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1993.

About 10 years ago, a plough wind came through and flattened several barns. The damage was severe then, too. "We certainly don't need that kind of wind again," he said.

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In October 2018, severe winds hit the Oakey 2 solar farm, which was still under construction in the Darling Downs region of southeast Queensland. The storm damaged 2,000 of the site’s modules ...

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued Thursday night for a swath of northern Alberta that includes Edmonton, cautioning of destructive, high winds on the way. At 7:23 p.m., Environment Canada ...

Extreme winds tear down buildings, trees during Sask. windstorm Published on Jan. 15, 2021, 3:08 PM If storm had been rated on Enhanced Fujita scale for rating tornadoes, it would be an EF-1 ...