Some key findings on Canadian Weather

Abnormal weather in BC: 2500 wildfires, floods in autumn, drought in the summer, freezing in November – the lowest temperature on record for November, record rain fall in October, flood in Vancouver in December
The driest consecutive 3 year-period on record, almost no precipitation in Vancouver in November, ususlly the wettest month
The Fraser river at its lowest peak in 90 years of record keeping
Hurricanes in Halifax- the first time the eye of a hurricane hits the city since 1893
100 millions trees and 300,000 houses damaged in the region of Halifax (see picture)
16 intense tropical storms in the Atlantic
One billion $ cost for fire-fighting across the country
Intense drought in the prairies
March downpour in the Atlantic provinces, the most expensive weather disaster in the history of the Maritimes
Massive ice storms in New Brunswick
Heavy snow on Alberta in April and May
2003 was the 11th consecutive one in Canada with higher temperature than average
25 of the most recent 26 seasons have been warmer than average
2003 is the third-warmest year since records began in 1981
In Europe heat waves killed 21,000 people

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