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Tufa found in Nahanni National Park. The Nahanni National Park Reserve, sometimes known as "Headless Valley" or "Valley of The Headless Men" (after a series of unsolved historical deaths in the park), in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife), [4] protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region.
Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion [48] [49] [50] 2022 September 23–24 Hurricane Fiona: Hurricane Atlantic Canada: Eastern Canada 3 $660 million in insured damage making Fiona the most costly storm to hit Canada [51] [52] 2023 February 13 2023 East Ottawa explosion Explosion Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [53] 2023 March ...
610 excess deaths in BC and 66 excess deaths in Alberta during the week [6] [7] [8] 500+ 1953 Polio: Epidemic: Canada 562 1873 RMS Atlantic: Shipwreck Mars Island, Nova Scotia 428 2009-2010 Swine flu: Pandemic Canada out of 3 million Canadians infected 360 1758 Duke William: Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean near the coast of France: during the ...
Canada, near Canwood, Saskatchewan — Starblanket, a trapper living in the forest, suffered an attack to his throat and head. [187] [188] August 14, 1980: Lee Randal Morris, 44, male Carol Marshall, 24, female: Wild: Canada, near Zama City, Alberta — Morris and Marshall were killed by the same bear in separate attacks over a span of two ...
Accident Date Location Killed Description Ref. Les Éboulements bus accident: 13 October 1997 Les Éboulements, Quebec: 44 Canada's deadliest traffic accident occurred in Les Eboulements, Quebec, after a bus transporting a group of seniors suffered brake failure and careened down an embankment into a ravine, killing 43 on board including the driver.
Due to wildfire emissions, Canada broke its record for annual carbon emissions in late June. [158] As of late August, the wildfires had released 327–355 megatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. [82] [159] The emissions from the fires were more than double Canada's planned emissions reductions from 2020–2030. [160]
The hottest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 in Death Valley, though some experts dispute that measurement and say the real record was 130 F (54.4 C ...
Lahaul Valley avalanche [4] India: 1979: 8 172: 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches: Afghanistan: 2010: 9 155: 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche [5] Japan: 1918: 10 154 [citation needed] 1918 Asahi village avalanche: Japan: 1918: 11 138: 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche: Pakistan: 2012: 12 125: Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide ...