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May 31 – North Bay, Ontario, was struck by two weak tornadoes. June 23 – a weak tornado touched down in Ottawa between Kanata and Barrhaven.; July 28 – severe thunderstorms over Northern Ontario produced a tornado over Halfway Lake Provincial Park (70 km (43 mi) north of Sudbury) where 800 people were camping at the time, fallen trees injure 4 campers.
Disaster Type Location (modern name) Region Deaths Notes Ref(s) 1873 April 1: SS Atlantic: Shipwreck: Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 535 1873 May 13: Drummond Mine explosion: Mining disaster Westville, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 60–70 Considered Canada's first mining disaster 1877 April 29: Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire: Fire ...
Pages in category "Disasters in Ottawa" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
On August 14, Sandy Bay—a village of 1,800—was evacuated because an encroaching out-of-control fire from the northwest had reached within 20 km. Leaders of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and the Prince Albert Grand Council criticized the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency for refusing to deploy First Nations firefighters to contain the ...
The May 2022 Canadian derecho was a high-impact derecho [5] event that affected the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Canada's most densely populated region, on May 21, 2022.. Described by meteorologists as a historic derecho and one of the most impactful thunderstorms in Canadian history, [6] [7] winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph) as well as around four tornadoes caused widespread and extensive ...
In Quebec, 6681 residences of 51 municipalities were flooded in five main zones, including the greater Montreal area, and 3458 residences were isolated due to landslides and submerged roads resulting in over 13500 disaster victims. [3] In New Brunswick, 15 communities were affected and 69 roads and 45 bridges were closed or partially closed. [4]
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This freezing rain began in eastern Ontario, particularly in Ottawa, before daybreak and a few hours later in the Montreal area. The phenomenon, accompanied by thunderstorms , persisted there all day, producing accumulations of 15 to 40 millimetres (0.59 to 1.57 in). [ 3 ]