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[23] 732 people were left homeless as a result. [24] Insurable damage caused by the fire was estimated at over CA$700 million. It was the second costliest disaster in Canadian history, at the time, topped only by the North American ice storm of 1998 which caused $1.8 billion in damages, adjusted for inflation to 2011 dollars. [25]
The Richardson Fire (also known as the Richardson Backcountry Fire) was a 2011 forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was located north of the city of Fort McMurray in an area known as the Richardson Backcountry. The fire started in mid-May 2011, and burned over 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) of boreal forest.
The 2011 Souris/Mouse River flood in Canada and the United States occurred in June and was greater than a hundred-year flooding event for the river. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The US Army Corps of Engineers estimated the flood to have a recurrence interval of two to five centuries.
Apr. 11—PLATTSBURGH — A decade ago this spring, some of the area's worst flooding caused damage up and down the shores of Lake Champlain. "Ten years ago the water was extremely high," Clinton ...
The 2011 flood first began in the fall of 2010 with several major rainfall events and generally wet conditions. Initially, it was predicted that the flood along the Assiniboine River would be similar to the flood of 1995. [3] During the winter of 2010–2011 the Shellmouth Reservoir was emptied in preparation, to store water for the coming ...
Atlantic Canada 17 2011 June: 2011 Assiniboine River flood: Flood Manitoba Prairies 1 2011 May 15: Slave Lake fire: Wildfires Slave Lake, Alberta Prairies 1 2011 August 20: First Air Flight 6560: Aircrash near Resolute, Nunavut: Northern Canada 12 2011 August 21: Goderich Tornado: Tornado Goderich, Ontario: Central Canada 1 2012 February 26 ...
That one storm could within hours shut down a key engine in one of the world's biggest exporting nations highlights Canada's unique economic fragility. ... The massive rains that unleashed floods ...
Wildfires raging across Canada have already broken records for total area burned, the number of people forced to evacuate their homes and the cost of fighting the blazes, and the fire season is ...