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Devastating Dry Spells: Drought on the Prairies Topic timespan: 1936-2003 Deadly Skies: Canada's Most Destructive Tornadoes Topic timespan: 1946-2000 Blowing dust, swarms of grasshoppers, and not enough hay to feed the starving livestock. For Prairie farmers, drought can... (8 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic A tornado is the stuff of nightmares. Amid heavy rain and hail, huge thunderclouds roll in and the skies... (5 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) Red River Rising: Manitoba Floods Topic timespan: 1950-2003 The Wrath of Hurricane Hazel Topic timespan: 1954 The Cree called it Miscousipi, Red Water River, and warned early settlers of its hidden capacity for destruction. The... (12 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic On Oct. 15, 1954, the most famous hurricane in Canadian history struck Southern Ontario. Hurricane Hazel pounded the city... (4 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Ocean Ranger Disaster Topic timespan: 1982-1984 The Saguenay Flood Topic timespan: 1996 Valentine's Day, 1982: a terrible storm rages off the coast of Newfoundland. On the Grand Banks, the Ocean Ranger,... (11 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic For two days in July 1996, torrential rains pounded the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec and caused the worst flood... (6 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Ice Storm of 1998 Topic timespan: 1998 Canadians had never before endured a natural disaster like the ice storm of 1998. A difficult morning of car... (11 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic "On This Day" 1950 Blue sun shines over England 1970 Freak tornado kills six in Sudbury 1977 Major League Baseball: Blue Jays or snow birds? 1982 Earthquake shakes up East Coast 1982 Disaster hits the Ocean Ranger 1996 Saguenay flood forces mass evacuation 1996 B.C. digs out from 'The Blizzard of '96' 1998 Ice Storm: Christmas card front yard
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