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The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
Canada: Ice Snowed Over Car Lot. Storms in Canada's dark, triangular region have left most in the area without power for over a month. (Photo by Christopher J. Morris/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ...
Pages in category "1998 disasters in Canada" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... January 1998 North American ice storm; P. Propair Flight ...
1998 January 5–9: Great Ice Storm of 1998: Meteorological storm Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick Eastern Canada 28 Massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick 1998 September 2: Swissair Flight 111: Aircrash Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia: Atlantic Canada 229 1999 September 3: 87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario ...
January 5 – The Ice Storm of 1998, caused by El Niño, strikes southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 6 – Alan Eagleson pleads guilty to fraud. January 7 – The federal government formally apologizes for the past mistreatment of First Nations.
Pages in category "Ice storms in Canada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... 0–9. January 1998 North American ice storm;
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.
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