Rainfall

• Severe summer weather cost $7B in most destructive season on record

  The Insurance Bureau of Canada says summer of 2024 is now Canada's most destructive season on record for insured losses due to severe weather events.

  Environment

  Sep 24
  
• Parts of Nova Scotia may see 25 mm of rain per hour as storm moves in

  Parts of Nova Scotia may see up to 25 millimetres of rain per hour starting Friday evening, Environment Canada is warning.

  Environment

  Sep 6
  
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• Special weather statements issued for southern and central Alberta with heavy rain, wind expected

  Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a special weather statement for a large swath of the province on Tuesday afternoon with wind and rain on the way.

  Weather

  Aug 27
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• Toronto seeing wettest summer ever as rainfall grips Eastern Canada

  Many parts of Eastern Canada have been seeing a wetter than normal year – and the country’s largest city has seen already seen its wettest summer ever.

  Canada

  Aug 20
• ‘Significant rainfall,’ high winds expected for parts of N.S.

  Environment Canada says that similar storms in the past have caused pooling on roadways and localized flooding in some areas of Nova Scotia.

  Weather

  Feb 22
• ‘Scary situation’: Unprecedented snowpack lows raising B.C. drought concerns

  While many are lamenting this winter's abominable ski season, Aaron Hill said the low snowpack will have much more serious ramifications in the months and years to come. 

  Environment

  Feb 9
• Municipalities looking to build ‘sponge cities’ for extreme rain events. What does that mean?

  "Sponge parks" in Montreal are designed to catch and absorb rainwater and keep it from flowing into overburdened sewers during extreme rain events.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2023
• Producers rake in 82 per cent of crops as harvest rounds off in Saskatchewan

  The crop report for Sept. 12 to Sept. 18, 2023, shows that 82 per cent of Saskatchewan harvest is complete.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2023
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• Heavy rain aids in tempering wildfires burning in B.C.’s Southern Interior

  Firefighters in British Columbia's southern Interior continue to battle a number of major blazes, having been aided by rainfall Wednesday over the Okanagan and Shuswap regions.

  Politics

  Aug 24, 2023
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• Heavy rain prompts special weather statement for parts of southwestern Ontario

  Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue into the afternoon, with local rainfall amounts predicted to reach between 30 millimetres and 50 millimetres.

  Weather

  Aug 23, 2023