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The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric river, which brought heavy rain to parts of southern British Columbia and northwestern United States.
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 .
The Barrier is a lava dam retaining the Garibaldi Lake system in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is over 300 m (980 ft) thick and about 2.4 km (1.5 mi) long where it impounds the lake. [1] The area below and adjacent to The Barrier is considered hazardous due to the unstable lava formation. [2]
Lytton, British Columbia West Coast 2 Several Over 90% of Lytton destroyed [47] 2021 November 14 British Columbia Floods: Floods lower half of British Columbia: West Coast 4 at least 10 Provincial state of emergency declared 2022 January 13 2022 Ottawa Eastway tank explosion Fire Ottawa, Ontario: Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion
Floods occur five times as often as wildfires, the second most frequent natural hazard in Canada. [1]: 6 Between 1900 and 2005 there were 241 flood disasters in Canada. [1]: 6 [notes 1] The 1894 Fraser River flood had a return period of slightly more than 500 years and the 1948 flood was close to a 200-year event.
The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR), formerly Emergency Management BC (EMBC), is a provincial government department in the Canadian province of British Columbia. EMCR works with local governments and other provincial and federal agencies year round, providing coordination and support before, during and after ...
Heavy rains from Hurricane Joaquin caused Gills Creek to overflow its banks on Oct. 4, 2015.
2024 British Columbia floods; C. ... 1948 Columbia River flood; Columbus Day storm of 1962; 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche; D. December 2008 North American ...