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  2. List of disasters in Canada by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Canada Ongoing 26,000+ 1981-present HIV/AIDS: Pandemic Canada Ongoing 20,000+ 1847-1848 Canadian typhus: Pandemic Canada Fatalities are estimated 7,000 1957-1958 Asian flu: Pandemic Canada 6,000 1890-1891 Russian flu: Pandemic Canada 4,000 1775 [1] Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775: Hurricane: Newfoundland: 4,000 1968 Hong Kong flu: Pandemic Canada

  3. Dalles des Morts - Wikipedia

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    During the Big Bend Gold Rush from 1865 on, the Dalles des Morts marked the head of steamboat navigation on a route that stretched from Marcus, Washington Terr. via the Arrow Lakes to the port-boomtowns of La Porte and nearby Downie Creek, which lay at the foot of the rapids, and also at the foot of the portage to the goldfields on the creeks flanking the Goldstream River, which joined the ...

  4. History of flooding in Canada - Wikipedia

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    According to the Red River Basin Task Force News, the Red River Flood of 1997 "deserved the superlative, the 'flood of the century'." [10] The flood along the Red River of the North in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Southern Manitoba, in April and May 1997 was the most severe Red River flood since 1826. The International Joint Commission (IJC)'s ...

  5. 2021 Pacific Northwest floods - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Operation Vanguard - Wikipedia

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    Operation Vanguard is a military police joint task force (JTF) set up by the President of Ghana in 2017 to combat illegal mining, known as galamsey.Over the years, the practice has depleted Ghana's forest cover and polluted bodies of water due to the crude and unregulated nature of the mining process.

  7. 1948 Columbia River flood - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 Columbia River flood (or Vanport Flood) was a regional flood that occurred in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Large portions of the Columbia River watershed were impacted, including the Portland area , Eastern Washington , northeastern Oregon , Idaho Panhandle , northwestern Montana , and southeastern British ...

  8. List of tornadoes striking downtown areas of large cities

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    The destroyed areas are within the city limits today, but were suburbs in 1904 FU: Cologne, Germany [135] August 14, 1906 Unknown A tornado struck Cologne. The tornado was never rated FU: Berlin, Germany [136] July 25, 1909 Unknown Berlin tornado of 1909 FU: Nuremberg, Germany [137] July 22, 1910 Unknown

  9. 1997 Red River flood - Wikipedia

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    The town's dike system was prepared for the river approaching from the south, but the river had spread widely and floodwaters swamped the town from the west. [15] At the flood's peak in Canada on May 4, the Red River occupied an area of 1,840 km 2 (710 mi 2 ) with more than 2,560 km 2 (990 mi 2 ) of land underwater, which earned it the nickname ...