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Top 10 Disasters in Canada
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Be Prepared for Disasters
The Nature kept reminding little human beings to be prepared for disasters at any time when you are safe and comfortable. Or, you will pay for the disaster, even by lives. But does our preparation really work when we actually face to disasters? ResearchVit will guide you through the Top 10 disasters in Canadian history today.
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Toronto Snowstorm
10.
Toronto Snowstorm
Middle of January 1999, Toronto
11 days, about 100 cms of snow
Disabled transit, schools and businesses
400 troops to help dig the city out
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BC Forest Fires
9.BC Forest Fires
Summer of 2003, British Columbia
Lightning strikes in forest provincially
Destroyed some 200 homes
Cost of fighting the fire was $400 million
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Prairie Snowstorm
8.Prairie Snowstorm
February of 1947, Saskatchewan
A series of blizzards buried the prairies
Highways in and out of Regina were blocked
Train was buried under a snowdrift 8 m high
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Great Lakes Storm
7.Great Lakes Storm
November of 1913, Great Lakes region
Also named "White Hurricane"
145 km/h wind, waves over 11 m high
250 people were killed, 19 ships were lost
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Edmonton Tornado
6.Edmonton Tornado
July of 1987, Edmonton
Remained on the ground for one hour
Destroy 40 km long and 1 km wide in places
Killed 27 people, destroyed 300+ homes
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Regina Cyclone
5.Regina Cyclone
June of 1912, Regina
150 meters wide, wind was at 500 km/h
A total of 28 fatalities
2500 homeless
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Hurricane Hazel
4.Hurricane Hazel
October of 1954, Toronto
216 mm of rain and wind as fast as 150 km/h
81 were killed in Toronto, 95 in US
It hit Haiti, killing as many as 1,000 people
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Québec Ice Storm
3.Québec Ice Storm
1998, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick
1,000,000 people without power for a month
At least 25 people died
The worst Canadian storm
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Tseax Cone Eruption
2.Tseax Cone Eruption
Eruption around 1750 to 1775, BC
Took the lives of about 2,000 Nisga'a villagers
The volcano is still considered active today
The earliest disaster in Canadian history
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Newfoundland Hurricane
1.Newfoundland Hurricane
September of 1775, Newfoundland
Most of death are Irish and British sailors
4000 – 4200 were killed
The most devastating disaster
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