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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 .
A flood insurance rate map (FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [1]
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]
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 ...
The 2009 Red River flood was a major flood in March and April 2009 along the Red River of the North in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Southern Manitoba. The flood crested at 40.82 ft (12.44 m) on March 28, 2009, for Fargo, North Dakota. "Southern Manitoba experienced the most widespread flooding along the Assiniboine River on record.
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
Example of a hazard map. A hazard map is a map that highlights areas that are affected by or are vulnerable to a particular hazard. They are typically created for natural hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, flooding and tsunamis. Hazard maps help prevent serious damage and deaths. [1]