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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.