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Volcanic eruption. Tseax Cone, British Columbia. West Coast. 2000. One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters. 1711 October 7. HMS Feversham. Shipwreck. Scatarie Island, Colony of Acadia, New France.
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.
There were 1,243 preliminary filtered reported tornadoes in 2020 in the United States in 2020, [1] and 1,086 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2020. Worldwide, at least 93 tornado-related deaths were confirmed with 78 in the United States, eight in Vietnam, two each in Canada, Indonesia, and Mexico, and one in South Africa .
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.
Displaced. ≈300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines. Deadliest natural disasters by year excluding epidemics and famines. 20th century. 21st century. Lists of deadliest natural disasters by cause. Avalanches/landslides. Disease outbreaks. Earthquakes. Famines.
More than 100 blazes are burning across Canada Monday, with several major wildfires prompting evacuations for hundreds of residents and threatening to swallow up communities.. In the province of ...
2020 disasters in Canada (3 C, 34 P) 2021 disasters in Canada (4 C, 30 P) ... This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, at 11:04 (UTC).