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The history of flooding in Canada includes floods caused by snowmelt runoff or freshet flooding, storm-rainfall and " flash flooding ", ice jams during ice formation and spring break-up, natural dams, coastal flooding on ocean or lake coasts from storm surges, hurricanes and tsunamis. Urban flooding can be caused by stormwater runoff, riverine ...
2013 Alberta floods. In the days leading up to June 19, 2013, parts of southern and central Alberta, Canada experienced heavy rainfall that triggered catastrophic flooding described by the provincial government as the worst in Alberta's history. Areas along the Bow, Elbow, Highwood, Red Deer, Sheep, Little Bow, and South Saskatchewan rivers and ...
Flood Saguenay-region, Quebec Central Canada 10 1997 April: Red River flood of 1997 (Red Sea Flood) Flood Manitoba Prairies 0 1997: 2nd Les Éboulements bus accident: Traffic accident Quebec Central Canada 44 Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history 1998 January 5–9: Great Ice Storm of 1998: Meteorological storm Ontario, Quebec, and New ...
Gander, Newfoundland. As of 2024, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil. [13] 253. 1689. Lachine massacre. Massacre. Lachine, New France. 1,500 Mohawk people warriors attack Lachine and kill 250 people. 3 Mohawk warriors were killed in the process.
Saguenay flood. The "little white house" at Saguenay, in 2008. Flooding in Chicoutimi during the Saguenay Flood. The Saguenay flood (French: Déluge du Saguenay) was a series of flash floods on July 19 and 20, 1996 that hit the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It was the biggest overland flood in 20th-century Canadian history.
The 1950 flood reached a high of 30 ft (9.2 m) at Winnipeg and caused the largest evacuation in Canada's history: an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 people had to be evacuated. An estimated $606 million CAD (1997) of damage resulted. In the aftermath, the government of Manitoba and the Canadian federal government constructed flood safety measures. [2]
Canadian Heritage Rivers System. v. t. e. The 1950 Red River flood was a devastating flood that took place along the Red River in The Dakotas and Manitoba from April 15 to June 12, 1950. Damage was particularly severe in the city of Winnipeg and its environs, which were inundated on May 5, also known as Black Friday to some residents.
The Red River drainage basin, with the Souris River highlighted. Flooding in Minot on June 23. 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 ...