Natural Hazards in Canada

By Yusuf Shalaby9e

January 30th/2010

CBC NEWSFebruary 12/1998

One of the biggest storms in Canadian history has taken place

about a month ago.

Areas in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick have been most

affected by the storm, which brought freezing rain and 7-11cm

of ice.

The storm started on the 5th of January, and finally ended on the

10th

This storm is officially the most costly one in the history of Canada, as there were 130

transmission towers and 30000 utility poles that fell because of

the storm.

About 600,000 people had to leave their homes because of the

storm. The estimated cost of the storm was $5,410,184,000. This

will have a big impact on the economy.

The impact that this storm had on society has to do with so many

people leaving the area because of it, and the fact that many people will probably not want to come in the

near future because of this devastating storm

28 people have died, many of them from hypothermia

(because of the freezing rain).

During the storm, 3 million people in Quebec and 1.5 million people in Eastern Ontario were without

power while about 100000 people went into shelters

3 weeks after the beginning of the storm, there were 700000 people

in the area without power.

This storm will hopefully raise awareness of the

destructiveness of storms and blizzards in Ontario, Quebec, and

the Prairie provinces.

In the future, we advise people in the area to constantly check the

news forecast and take it seriously and prepare for things

like this

Obviously in this area during the winter, the most common

natural hazards are blizzards. They cause a lot of destruction and they usually result in a loss

of power.

Last month’s blizzard showed that, but to the extreme, with about 5 and a half billion dollars lost and

the 700000 people with no power three weeks after the

storm

If you hear of a future blizzard, make sure you have alternate

power sources, such as backup generators.

You should also have your shovel accessible to you for after the

blizzard.

If you own a cell phone, make sure it is fully charged, as it should work despite power outages.

Thank you for viewing this slide show. We hope it has increased

you knowledge about last month’s huge storm, and about

what to do if another storm should come.

CBC NEWSA message from the

government of Canada.