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The history of flooding in Canada includes floods caused by snowmelt runoff or freshet flooding, storm-rainfall and "flash flooding", ice jams during ice formation and spring break-up, natural dams, coastal flooding on ocean or lake coasts from storm surges, hurricanes and tsunamis.
Central Canada 52 1857 March 12: Desjardins Canal disaster: Train wreck Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America (Hamilton, Ontario) Central Canada 59 1857 June 26: SS Montreal: Shipwreck: Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America (Quebec City, Quebec) Central Canada 253 1860 February 19: SS ...
At the flood's peak in Canada on May 4, the Red River occupied an area of 1,840 km 2 (710 mi 2) with more than 2,560 km 2 (990 mi 2) of land underwater, which earned it the nickname "Red Sea." [16] While the flooding was still underway, the federal Liberal government led by Jean Chrétien called a snap election.
History of flooding in Canada; 0–9. 1826 Red River flood; 1950 Red River flood; 1986 Winisk flood; 2008 Saint John River flood; 2009 North Dakota floods;
Atmospheric rivers of the sort causing massive floods and mudslides in Canada's British Columbia are akin to a river in the sky, weather systems that carry up to 15 times the volume of the ...
Canada Ongoing 26,000+ 1981-present HIV/AIDS: Pandemic Canada Ongoing 20,000+ 1847-1848 Canadian typhus: Pandemic Canada Fatalities are estimated 7,000 1957-1958 Asian flu: Pandemic Canada 6,000 1890-1891 Russian flu: Pandemic Canada 4,000 1775 [1] Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775: Hurricane: Newfoundland: 4,000 1968 Hong Kong flu: Pandemic Canada
The Fraser River flood of 1948 was the most devastating flooding to hit Greater Vancouver in living memory. That year's floods had more than 2,300 homes were destroyed, 16,000 people displaced, and a great number of livestock killed. The population of the Lower Fraser Valley at the time was only around 50,000. At the flood's height, the water ...
The Vermont flood of 1927 is probably the worst flood in Vermont history doing $30 million in damages, which would be $270 million today, killed over 83 people and left 9,000 homeless. [74] [75] The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was one of the most destructive floods in United States history.