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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.
The 1950 Atlantic hurricane season was the first year in the Atlantic hurricane database that storms were given names in the Atlantic basin. Names were taken from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet , with the first named storm being designated "Able", the second "Baker", and so on.
In 2013 an Insurance Bureau of Canada commissioned report noted that, "On average, Canada now experiences 20 more days of rain compared with the 1950s." [ 8 ] In the same report McBean noted that "the recent spike in extreme weather-related events" in Canada "resulted in social and economic consequences for individuals, governments, and home ...
The effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada included 81 deaths and C$137,552,400 ($1,581,876,233.63 in 2023) in damages. Hazel , the deadliest and costliest storm of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season , reached Toronto , Ontario by the evening of October 15, 1954.
In Nova Scotia, hurricane-force wind gusts downed trees and power lines, as well as heavy damage to the apple crop totaling $1 million (1950 CAD, $11.8 million 2025 USD). High waves washed several boats ashore, and also killed one person. Ferry travel was halted across Atlantic Canada, although impact was less severe outside of Nova Scotia.
The National Hurricane Center became a tropical cyclone warning center in 1956 and assumed many of the functions it has today by 1965. The National Hurricane Research Project, begun in the 1950s, used aircraft to study tropical cyclones and carry out experiments on mature hurricanes through its Stormfury project. Forecasts within the hurricane ...
1804 New England hurricane; 1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1869 Saxby Gale; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1900 Galveston hurricane; 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane; 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane; 1932 Bahamas hurricane; 1940 New England hurricane; 1940 Nova Scotia hurricane; 1948 Bermuda–Newfoundland hurricane; 1970 Canada hurricane; 1991 Perfect Storm
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