heat, humidity spawn severe storms in ON, NB and SK

The humidity does nothing for my hair, let alone the damage done by storms it caused over the past weekend.

People in southwestern Ontario are cleaning up debris and repairing damage after severe storms fuelled by intense heat and humidity. There were reports of tornadoes or funnel clouds Sunday in at least three places.

Intense weather also hit New Brunswick and Saskatchewan yesterday, with Environment Canada issuing severe weather alerts and warning that tornadoes were possible.

In BC, however, the cool, wet weather Nanaimo has been experiencing over the last few days is breaking records. David Wray, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the daytime high last Thursday reached only 11 C, significantly lower than the previous record of 13.3 C set in 1993.

So the question is, is this normal? Climate scientists say yes and no - depending on who they're working for.

Sources: CBC andCanada.com.