Rock slide
A rock slide is a type of landslide occurring when a mass of rock moves quickly downslope.
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Create AccountA rock slide is a type of landslide occurring when a mass of rock moves quickly downslope.
Over the course of Canada’s history, marine disasters have occurred along the country’s coasts as well as in its freshwater lakes.
SABLE ISLAND, a crescent-shaped sandbar 300 km east-southeast (160 nautical miles) of Halifax, is also infamous for its shipwrecks, and is known as "the Graveyard of the Atlantic," as its shifting sands have been the site of over 350 such incidents.
Prairie farmers, as they cope with continuing drought, might wonder just whose brilliant idea it was to farm the area. Recurrent droughts are the largest source of risk, uncertainty and hardship in the Western Canadian economy.
Lillian Clarke, 15, worked late at the hotel in Frank on April 28, so her employer offered her a room for the night. It was the first time the young girl remained away from home overnight.
Weather forms the Canadian psyche as much as hockey and the maple leaf.
Hurricane Hazel was one of the most devastating and unpredictable tropical storms of the 20th century. It was first identified on 5 October 1954, in the Caribbean, where it smashed into Haiti and then battered the Carolinas. The storm struck Toronto on 15 October with winds of 124 km/h and record rainfall.
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on January 25, 1999. Partner content is not updated.
As a storm raged outside, the constantly ringing phones went unanswered at Environment Canadas Toronto offices last Thursday. Like many other workplaces in the city, it was shut down - by the worst series of blizzards ever to strike Toronto.This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on August 5, 1996. Partner content is not updated.
One soggy day late last April, Art Poirier found himself among thousands of people stacking sandbags against rising floodwaters from southern Manitoba's ancient and implacable nemesis, the Red River. Poirier flicked a cigarette butt into the brand new lake around his home.This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 12, 1997. Partner content is not updated.
The flood of the century, they have been calling it in Manitoba, an awesome demonstration of natures raw might.This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on January 11, 1999. Partner content is not updated.
It was just past 1:30 a.m. on New Year's Day, and most of the residents of the isolated northern Quebec community of Kangiqsualujjuaq were celebrating in a school gym. People exchanged hugs and warm wishes as they listened to the draw for a $1,000 door prize. Then disaster struck.This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 28, 2003. Partner content is not updated.
Disastrous fires may result from arson, accident or uncontrolled forest fire. Their impact may include lives lost, people evacuated and property damaged. Numerous fires, especially forest fires, occur in Canada every year; this article details the worst that have occurred throughout the country’s history.
A forest fire is a moving combustion reaction, spreading outwards in a band from its ignition point, leaving burned-out forest behind it. On average, about 6,000 forest fires occur annually in Canada.