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Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an official said.
Overflow from Washington State’s Nooksack River worsened major flooding across B.C.’s Fraser Valley on Friday, forcing evacuations, flooding farmland and closing schools.
Heavy rains combined with strong winds and seasonal high tides—or “king tides”—have prompted flood warnings from officials on British Columbia’s south coast.
The mayor of Trepassey, N.L., said the seawall — or breakwater — had been damaged in a storm last year. What remained was no match for the intense, low-pressure system set to lash much of the province overnight on Tuesday.
Hurricane Melissa, the strongest recorded storm to ever hit Jamaica, made landfall on Tuesday afternoon, leaving a trail of damage and destruction overnight, especially in the western region of the island.
Umbrellas will be an essential accessory for trick-or-treaters with rain in the forecast on Halloween.
Maritime Electric crews on P.E.I. are trimming branches to prevent power outages before the stormy season picks up.
This year’s harvest is revealing a fuller picture of losses and the damage drought conditions have caused in the Maritimes.
Residents of a First Nation community in the Northwest Territories are set to return home just over a week after being forced to flee because of a wildfire.
Hurricane Lorena was intensifying Wednesday off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning was expanded for parts of the area, forecasters said.
Evacuation preparations are underway in a First Nation community in Northwest Territories as a wildfire burns nearby.
Hurricane Erin never made landfall but left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast. At least two people died after they had been swimming in the heavy current, and a search continued Monday for a man who was missing after his boat capsized.
We now know the estimated cost of a hailstorm that tore through Calgary last month, damaging cars and homes.
Extreme heat is expected to ease in many parts of Canada today, while the Atlantic provinces continue to bear the brunt of a multi-day heat wave.
More than once this summer, residents in the Greater Toronto Area have been subject to extreme heat warnings and special air quality statements from wildfire smoke.
Air quality warnings blanketed much of central and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba as smoke from northern wildfires blew in.
