Natural Hazards
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Canadian Hurricane Centre
Find out about hurricanes and weather warnings. See the latest satellite and radar images.
Remote Sensing - Natural Hazards
Remote sensing methods that monitor, model, and map natural hazards for events such as floods, hurricanes, forest fires, oil spills and geohazards.
Avalanches – Atlas of Canada
Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about avalanches in Canada, mass movements of snow and ice down a hillside that occur when unique circumstances of climate and topographic factors come together.
Earthquakes – Atlas of Canada
Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about Canada’s past earthquakes, the rapid shaking of the earth’s surface that follows the sudden release of energy within the earth.
Earthquakes Canada - West
Find out when earthquakes occur in western Canada. Report any that you may have felt or learn more about earthquakes, seismographs and plate tectonics.
Flooding in Canada
Link to information on flooding, including research activities and flood-related scientific products.
Floods – Atlas of Canada
Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about floods that have occurred in Canada, including flash floods, freshet and outburst floods.
Forest Fires – Atlas of Canada
Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to discover what differentiates a major forest fire from a small one and to learn about the causes, contributors to and methods of fighting major forest fires in Canada.
Landslides
Learn about the project that uses historical data of landslides to assess and understand landslide hazards, produce related maps and reduce risks relating to landslides.
Landslides – Atlas of Canada
Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about rock avalanches, rockslides, rockfalls, debris flows and debris avalanches, the different types of landslides that occur in Canada.
Natural Hazards – Atlas of Canada
Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the major natural disasters that have occurred in Canada, including earthquakes, landslides and tornadoes.
Natural Hazards and Emergency Response
Find information from the program that strives to enhance response preparedness to disasters such as earthquakes, floods and nuclear emergencies.
Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
Read about the Government of Canada’s role in the detection and technical analysis of nuclear explosions.