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What if the Alaskan earthquake happened in Canada?
January 24, 2018 by Jason ContantA recent earthquake off the coast of Alaska, which prompted a brief tsunami warning for British Columbia, resulted in no immediate reports of damage — but what if it did strike Canada’s westernmost province? A 2013 study by catastrophe modelling…
Tsunami fears send people in B.C. to higher ground
January 23, 2018 Terri Theodore and Beth Leighton - THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – A tsunami warning issued for coastal British Columbia was cancelled Tuesday morning after people living along parts of the province’s coast evacuated to higher ground when a powerful earthquake struck off Alaska. Residents in some coastal communities were…
Aftershocks still rumbling following 6.2 quake that jolted Yukon, northwest B.C.
May 2, 2017 The Canadian PressWHITEHORSE – More than 100 aftershocks had shivered across the Alaska Panhandle, southern Yukon and parts of northwestern British Columbia by early Tuesday following two powerful earthquakes a day earlier, but seismologists say while people need to be prepared, it…
NOAA and partners develop new regional sea level scenarios to help U.S. communities prepare for risks
January 19, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners have developed new regional sea level scenarios for the United States to give coastal communities better and more localized data to help them plan for and adapt to the risks…
Global warming’s fingerprints seen in 24 weird weather cases
December 16, 2016 Seth Borenstein - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON – A new scientific report finds man-made climate change played some role in two dozen extreme weather events last year but not in a few other weird weather instances around the world. An annual report released Thursday by the…