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Environment

Canada's worst weather

10 natural disasters in the last 20 years that Canadians won’t soon forget

  • May 31, 2014
By Siobhan McClelland
weather natural disasters
An F5 tornado as it approached Elie, Man. on June 22, 2007. Expand Image
Flash flooding on Toronto streets on July 8, 2013. Expand Image
Damaged vehicles and downed power lines beneath a fallen tree in Toronto during the 2013 ice storm. Expand Image
Tree uprooted by Dec. 15, 2006 storm in Stanley Park, Vancouver. Expand Image

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