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June 19, 1959: The 1959 Escuminac Hurricane was a devastating extratropical storm that hit Nova Scotia at hurricane strength. Killing 35 people, the storm was so devastating that a monument was erected on Escuminac Harbour in memory of those lost. July 12, 1959: Tropical Storm Cindy struck north of Nova Scotia as an extratropical cyclone.
Hurricane Juan. Hurricane Juan was a significant tropical cyclone which caused extensive damage to parts of Atlantic Canada, being the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Juan formed southeast of Bermuda on September 24 from a tropical wave that had tracked across the subtropical Atlantic Ocean.
Prior to the passage of the storm, wind warnings were issued in Newfoundland, and throughout the island ferry service was suspended. Ferry service was also canceled in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Throughout Canada, the storm complex produced powerful winds throughout Atlantic Canada, leaving 100,000 Canadians without power.
It was about 590 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Sunday morning, moving north-northeast at an accelerated speed of 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
Frankie MacDonald (born April 24, 1984) is a Canadian amateur meteorologist from the Whitney Pier [ 2] area of Sydney, Nova Scotia. [ 3][ 4][ 5] MacDonald, who has autism, [ 3][ 6] is known for his boisterous online weather forecasts. [ 7] Frankie records meteorologist reports which he then posts to his YouTube channel, under the handle of ...
The Canadian Hurricane Centre ( CHC; French: Centre canadien de prévision des ouragans) is an organisation that monitors and warns of the threat of tropical cyclones such as hurricanes and tropical storms. CHC is a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), which is in turn a branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane (also known as the 1927 Great August Gale or the Great Gale of August 24) was the deadliest tropical cyclone striking Canada in the 20th century. The first observed storm of the season , this cyclone developed from a tropical wave over the deep tropics of the Atlantic Ocean on August 18.
Hurricane Teddy was a large and powerful Cape Verde hurricane that was the fifth-largest Atlantic hurricane by diameter of gale -force winds recorded. Teddy produced large swells along the coast of the Eastern United States and Atlantic Canada in September 2020. The twentieth tropical depression, nineteenth named storm, eighth hurricane, and ...