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A human-caused fire at Nanaimo Lakes, discovered on July 1, reached 14.5 hectares by July 4. [ 6 ] A total of 2,115 wildfires burned 1,351,314 hectares (3,339,170 acres) of land in 2018 as of November 9.
Between both Canada and the United States, the Alonsa tornado was the only EF4+ rated tornado for the year of 2018 [34] 2018 August 15 – 2018 British Columbia wildfires: Wildfires British Columbia: West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [35] 2018 September 21: 2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Tornadoes
In August, the Mendocino Complex Fire became the second largest fire in California history [7] and the Mendocino Complex Fire became the state's largest. Fires in British Columbia were the second worst in the history of the province, with over 945 square kilometres (234,000 acres) burned. [8] 2018 British Columbia wildfires, Canada
An extremely critical fire weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for wildfire events in the United States. On the scale from one to three, an extremely critical is a level three; thus, these outlooks are issued only when forecasters at the SPC are confident of extremely dangerous wildfire ...
PDS Special marine warnings are issued by the National Weather Service to inform mariners of weather conditions that present a considerable threat to life and property. On April 19, 2018, the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. forecast office upgraded a special marine warning to PDS status as a gust front approached Chesapeake Bay. [11]
As of August 20, the fire reached its largest size of 227,000 hectares, spreading as far south as Gang Ranch west of 100 Mile House. The Ashcroft Fire (also known as the Elephant Hill Fire) started on the Ashcroft Reserve, and spread north of Highway 99 to Green Lake, east of 100 Mile House. Finally the Nazko Complex started as a series of ...
December 23, 2017 – January 19, 2018 – A cold wave caused damaging low temperatures across eastern North America. The cold wave also caused Tallahassee, Florida to receive trace amounts of frozen precipitation for the first time in more than 30 years. [83] December 29, 2017 – January 4, 2018 – Tropical Storm Bolaven forms east of Palau ...
The worst fire on record in Ontario's history. Destroyed 49 townships, including the villages of Kelso, Val Gagné, and Iroquois Falls. [6] Great Fire of 1919: Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta Alberta Saskatchewan: May 1919: 11 [7] 2,000,000 hectares (4,900,000 acres) The first major fire at the wildland-urban interface of the Prairie Provinces ...