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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.
The record snowfall may have been a contributing factor for a deadly mudslide in the town of Saint-Jean-Vianney in May 1971 when heavy rains combined with already saturated grounds because of heavy melting snow formed a large sinkhole of about 600 metres (660 yards) wide and 30 metres (98.4 feet) deep. Thirty-one people were killed by the mudslide.
2009 North American Christmas blizzard; February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard; February 25–27, 2010 North American blizzard; December 2010 North American blizzard; January 25–27, 2011 North American blizzard; 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard; Late December 2012 North American storm complex; February 2013 North American blizzard
Canada 98 (later Canada 99 then Canada 100 in each successive debut year) is a Canadian centennial documentary television series presented by CBC Television. The series debuted on November 25, 1964, to showcase Canada's nature . the series was hosted by J. Frank Willis featuring nine episodes (despite twelve being produced).
Subsequent storm systems lashed the city over the next three days, with January 27 and 28 each having several hours of blizzard conditions (in Canada defined as visibility of 400 metres [0.25 mi] or less), and in total, dropping 27.5 centimetres (10.8 in) snowfall. [52] January 28 and 29 saw 110 traffic accidents in Sault St. Marie. [54]
One of the first highly publicised events that EarthCam produced, labelled "Webcast of the Century", featured celebrations from around the world at the turn of the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999 / New Year's Day 2000. 100 cameras were located across the world, taking pictures every 30 seconds, viewed using an interactive world map on ...
The snow will begin to intensify across northern and central portions of the Sierra on Thursday night into early Friday morning. Heavy snow and fierce winds will affect the Sierra all day while ...
In 1947, during a blizzard in Saskatchewan, the company received positive press coverage when army snowmobiles resupplied isolated radio communication towers. [ 10 ] In 1948, the Government of Quebec passed a law requiring all roads to be cleared of snow; Bombardier's sales fell by nearly half in one year.