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The 2024 British Columbia floods were a series of floods, debris flows, and mudslides caused by an atmospheric river that struck Southwestern British Columbia from October 18 to October 20, 2024. Four people were killed during the event, two in the Lower Mainland and two on Vancouver Island .
September 21, 1938: The 1938 New England hurricane tracked into Canada, bringing strong winds to eastern Ontario and southern Quebec. Damage was primarily limited to trees and power lines; structural damage was minimal. This storm, along with Hurricane Hazel in 1954, was one of the few hurricanes to cause hurricane-force winds in Canada's interior.
600,000 people were left without power, [11] including at least 100,000 on Vancouver Island. [12] 34,000 people were still without power as of the evening of the 23rd. [11] Collapsed trees in North Saanich slowed traffic. [12] Ferry rides to Victoria and Nanaimo were also cancelled due to wind and waves. [13]
The first potent storm of the autumn and winter season for British Columbia and part of Washington was a doozy. Enough rain fell to cause flash flooding and cause travel issues on Saturday in the ...
Canada ranks as the second country in the world with the most tornadoes per year, after the United States of America. Of the average 30 confirmed tornadoes each year, Alberta and Saskatchewan both average between 14 and 18 tornadoes per season, followed by Manitoba and Ontario with normally between 8 and 14 tornadoes per season.
The city of Vancouver, located in British Columbia, Canada, has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). Its summer months are typically dry and modestly warm, while the rest of the year is rainy, especially between October and March. The region has frequent cloudy and overcast skies during the late fall, winter, and ...
British Columbia had its first major snowfall of the season, leaving Canadians without power, stuck in traffic, and unprepared for the slippery roads ahead.
Washington, Oregon, extreme Northern California, Vancouver Island, and southern British Columbia Part of the 2007–08 North American winter storms The Great Coastal Storm of 2007 was a series of three powerful Pacific storms that affected the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia between December 1 ...