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Weather warnings: Residents of the Maritimes bracing for another major winter storm
January 28, 2022 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Environment Canada is warning residents of the Maritimes to prepare for power outages as a major winter storm – the fourth this month – is expected to lash the region Saturday with blowing snow, freezing rain and howling…
How many winter storms has Newfoundland already had this season?
February 28, 2020 The Canadian PressST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland was gripped by another winter storm Friday, its 22nd of the season. Environment Canada issued advisories and winter storm warnings across the island this morning, mostly for blowing snow especially heavy in the morning that…
Winter storm causes more than 100 power outages in Quebec
January 14, 2020 The Canadian PressMONTREAL – Some 125,000 Hydro-Quebec customers are without power after freezing rain and strong winds sent tree branches crashing onto power lines and caused havoc on the roads. The largest number of affected customers are in the Monteregie region southeast…
Early storm warning for insurers: $40 million for January storm in eastern Canada
March 6, 2019 by Jason ContantA winter storm in late January that brought snowfall, freezing rain, rain and strong winds to eastern Canada caused over $39 million in insured damage, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). Most of the damage occurred on Jan.…
January winter storm largely battered one province
March 8, 2018 by Jason ContantA winter storm in central and eastern Canada at the beginning of the year caused more than $54 million in insured damage, with the majority of damage being in Quebec, Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) reported Thursday. Of the…
Canada lacks ‘commercially widely available wildfire models,’ Aviva Canada reinsurance VP warns
May 2, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorInsurers have no “meaningful way of modelling wildfire” losses, a senior executive for Swiss Re Ltd. recently suggested to industry professionals. “If you look at it globally speaking, usually about half of the total insured losses globally are unmodelled perils,”…
213 million euros initial loss estimate for extra-tropical cyclone Thomas: PERILS
April 10, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe initial estimate of the insured property market loss from extra-tropical cyclone Thomas is 213 million euros, representing the second time so far this season that a European winter storm exceeded 200 million euro, Zurich-based PERILS reports. The market loss…
Spring remains elusive in Atlantic Canada as gusty storm sweeps through
March 23, 2017 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Spring remained elusive in parts of the Maritimes on Thursday after a storm swept through the region, knocking out power and closing schools. The Canso causeway to Cape Breton was closed in the morning as a winter storm…
Evacuations ordered amid heavy Northern California rain
February 21, 2017 Kristin J. Bender - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN FRANCISCO – Evacuations were ordered in Northern California on Monday and flash-flood warnings were issued elsewhere as downpours swelled creeks and rivers to potentially dangerous levels in the already soggy region. A levee break along the San Joaquin River…
Tough slogging expected across Atlantic Canada in wake of major storm
February 10, 2017 The Canadian PressSchools were closed and travel hampered in much of Atlantic Canada on Friday due to a fast-moving and powerful winter storm that blew in from the United States on Thursday night. Environment Canada had issued multiple snow, storm surge and…
Blast of winter smashes snowfall records in Abbotsford, Vancouver
February 6, 2017 The Canadian PressABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Snowfall records across southern British Columbia are falling as a winter storm continues to wallop the region. The white stuff has been flying since Friday, prompting Environment Canada to issue snowfall warnings for many areas along the…
Flooding and damaging winds most destructive U.S. natural hazards in 2016: CoreLogic
January 26, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterNatural hazard activity in the United States in 2016 was “relatively average or below average,” with the exception of flood and wind, both of which saw above-average activity, due in large part to Hurricane Matthew, CoreLogic, Inc. said on Thursday.…