Newfoundland Storm

• Ambulance strike a ‘paramount concern’ for mayor as Newfoundland digs out of storm

  Advice to stay off the roads was particularly pressing in Conception Bay South where an ongoing ambulance strike had reduced services.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2023
  
• ‘Significant winter storm’ heading to Atlantic Canada: weather agency

  Environment Canada says the region will see snow, freezing rain and then rain starting Thursday and lasting until early Saturday morning.

  Weather

  Jan 12, 2023
  
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• N.L. storm: Community offers sandwiches, coffee to stranded truckers

  The mayor of Placentia, N.L., says some truckers had been stuck at a nearby ferry terminal for a few days without much to eat or drink.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2021
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• N.L. storm: Trudeau confirms military support to help stranded residents

  Trudeau issued a brief statement on Twitter on Friday, saying members of the Canadian Armed Forces will be deployed to the area to provide logistical and transportation support.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2021
• Newfoundland rain storm washes away roads, cuts off communities: ‘I can’t go anywhere’

  Newfoundland and Labrador is experiencing severe rainfall from an atmospheric river that has washed away roads in the province, including the Trans-Canada Highway.

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2021
• Newfoundland and Labrador braces for ‘unprecedented’ flooding from Atlantic storm

  An atmospheric river across Atlantic Canada is expected to cause ‘two months’ worth of rain falling in two days' in southwestern Labrador, meteorologists say.

  Weather

  Nov 23, 2021
• Weather warnings: ugly mix of snow, freezing rain descending on the Atlantic region

  Periods of snow and ice pellets will start early Tuesday and then change to a prolonged period of ice pellets and freezing rain later in the day.

  Weather

  Feb 15, 2021
• Big winter storm expected to bring blizzard-like conditions to eastern Newfoundland

  Environment Canada says up to 30 centimetres of snow is in the forecast for the Avalon and Bonavista peninsulas, starting Thursday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2021
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• Historic N.L. blizzard highlights need for severe weather preparedness: scientists

  The historic Jan. 17 blizzard dropped more than 76 centimetres of snow on St. John's amid winds gusting over 150 kilometres per hour.

  Environment

  Feb 2, 2020
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• St. John’s high schools that closed after historic N.L. blizzard to finally reopen

  About 7,000 students are expected to return to class Monday in St. John's and throughout its greater metropolitan area.

  Education

  Jan 26, 2020