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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.
This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters (arranged by date), either man-made or natural, that occurred on Canadian soil. List [ edit ] Pre-1597 [ edit ]
flight out of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, bomb exploded off the coast of Ireland. 268 out of 329 total fatalities were Canadian. 256. 1985. Arrow Air Flight 1285. Plane crash. Gander, Newfoundland. As of 2024, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil.
The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in Canada.
The 2021 British Columbia wildfires burned across the Canadian province of British Columbia.The severity of the 2021 wildfire season has been attributed to the combination of extreme heat, lower than normal rainfall, and "repeated severe thunderstorms and lightning events" by the BC Wildfire Service, and possibly exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
Lytton wildfire. / 50.23111°N 121.58139°W / 50.23111; -121.58139. A wildfire began on June 30, 2021 just south of the village of Lytton in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The fire destroyed much of Lytton and caused two civilian fatalities, announced July 3. [2]
June 21 – two weak tornadoes touched down near Limerick and Avonlea, Saskatchewan. June 22 – a possible tornado destroyed a garage and ripped a roof off a house in Woodlands, Manitoba, about 60 km (37 mi) north of Winnipeg. June 23 – two confirmed tornadoes touched down near the town of Midland, Ontario.
2. 81+. VIA Rail train No. 74, travelling eastward on the north main track of the CNR Chatham Sub., at Thamesville, Ontario, encountered a reversed switch, crossed over to the south main track and derailed at Mile 46.7. The derailed train collided with stationary rail cars on an adjacent south yard siding.