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State of emergency delays adjusters’ response to ‘Snowmageddon’ in Newfoundland
January 20, 2020 by David GambrillBuried under a record-breaking 76 cm of snow over a 48-hour period, and with 15-20 cm more snow in the forecast Monday, it will be a while before claims adjusters will be able to assess the damage of the massive…
Metro Vancouver enduring first major snow storm
January 10, 2020 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – Metro Vancouver is enduring its first major snow storm of the winter as snowfall warnings cover the entire inner south coast and eastern Vancouver Island, while many other parts of British Columbia also face nasty conditions. Snow reached…
Another snowstorm making its way toward Atlantic Canada
January 7, 2020 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Another snowstorm is headed for Atlantic Canada. Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for much of Nova Scotia, saying between 15 and 25 centimetres of snow is expected on Wednesday – along with northerly gusts reaching 70 kilometres…
Winter storm shuts down schools, disrupts travel in Maritime provinces
March 4, 2019 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Schools and government offices across the Maritimes were closed Monday as a snowstorm swept across the region, the second nasty blast of winter in as many days. A blustery mix of snow, ice pellets and freezing rain enveloped…
This area could get half a metre of snow
January 18, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSFREDERICTON – An intense winter storm is forecast to descend on the Maritimes on Sunday, and the New Brunswick government is warning residents to prepare for power outages. Environment Canada says a low-pressure system approaching from the southwest will track…
Property market loss estimate for Europe’s Cyclone Egon reaches 275 million euros: PERILS
July 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe latest property insurance market loss estimate for extratropical cyclone Egon, which hit parts of France and Germany in mid-January, has increased to 275 million euros, Zurich-based PERILS reported on Wednesday. Representing the third of four estimates to be issued…
Spring storm in Alberta and Saskatchewan uproots trees and knocks out power
May 25, 2017 The Canadian PressA nasty spring storm has toppled semis, uprooted trees and produced localized flooding throughout much of Saskatchewan and Alberta. In Saskatoon, wind speeds were recorded at 105 kilometres an hour Wednesday afternoon, leaving garbage bins strewn throughout the streets, shingles…
Quebec pounded by winter storm, premier acknowledges need for better response
March 16, 2017 Morgan Lowrie - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – Heavy snow continued to fall Wednesday as Quebec emergency crews struggled to cope with a fatal winter storm that paralyzed traffic and left hundreds of motorists stranded in their cars overnight. Environment Canada said southwestern, central and eastern…
U.S. northeast winter storm grounds more than 5,000 flights
March 14, 2017 Deepti Hajela - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK – A storm expected to drop more than a foot of snow pounded the United States Northeast on Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of…
Parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan hit by blizzard, travel extremely dangerous
March 7, 2017 The Canadian PressSnow, high winds and low visibility made travel extremely dangerous in parts of Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan Tuesday as a blizzard howled through the region for a second day. Manitoba said the Trans-Canada Highway and highways 16, 5 and 45…
Two U.S. dams illustrate challenge of maintaining older designs
February 22, 2017 Michael R. Blood - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES – Twelve years ago, widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast helped compel federal engineers 2,000 miles away in California to remake a 1950s-era dam by constructing a massive steel-and-concrete gutter that would manage surging waters…
Massive storm continues slow march east after paralyzing Maritimes
February 14, 2017 Alison Auld and Michael MacDonald - THE CANADIAN PRESSHALIFAX – Parts of Atlantic Canada remained under a blizzard warning Tuesday after a massive storm descended on the region, dumping a thick blanket of snow and unleashing howling winds before marching off to Newfoundland. Environment Canada issued the warnings…