Environment Canada has made a change to its national weather alert program: it’s now using a colour-coded system of yellow, orange and red alerts to indicate risk level.
Environment Canada meteorologist Gerald Cheng says the shift came after years of planning.
“We want to implement colour-coded weather alerts because we know it works and it’s recommended by the World Meteorological Organization,” Cheng said Wednesday.
“Many other countries use it such as the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand just to name a few, and for them it’s very effective in communicating risks to the population.