A wildfire that left a third of a popular Rocky Mountain tourist town in ashes, remnants of a hurricane season that led to record-breaking rainfall and a hailstorm that grounded airplanes are among the top weather-related events of 2024.聽Environment聽and Climate Change聽Canada聽has released its annual top 10 list of the country's most impactful weather stories. (Unranked in no particular order.)
CAPE BRETON'S WINTER WALLOP - Allan Penney shovels out a pickup truck early Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 in Sydney, N.S. Penney, a mechanic with the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, came home from a night shift working on snow removal equipment to find three feet of snow filling his driveway. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Wadden
WILDFIRES AND EVACUATIONS IN WESTERN LABRADOR - Smoke from a wildfire is shown in Labrador City, N.L. in a Friday, July 12, 2024 handout photo. Residents of Labrador City were ordered to evacuate Friday night, as a nearby wildfire crept closer to the town. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Janelle Nippard
BILLION-DOLLAR HAILSTONES: CALGARY鈥橲 COSTLIEST WEATHER DISASTER - Chris Miles, right, Chief Operating Officer, of the Calgary Airport, speaks to members of the media Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, after parts of its domestic terminal building were closed due to damage caused by hail and heavy rainfall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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WESTERN CANADA PLUNGED INTO JANUARY DEEP FREEZE - A group of people cross the street during a cold sunny day in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
CAPE BRETON'S WINTER WALLOP - Allan Penney shovels out a pickup truck early Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 in Sydney, N.S. Penney, a mechanic with the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, came home from a night shift working on snow removal equipment to find three feet of snow filling his driveway. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Wadden
ARCTIC COMMUNITIES FACE UNUSUAL HEATWAVE - A soapstone carving is seen in front of the Western Arctic Regional Visitor's Centre in Inuvik, N.W.T., Wednesday, July 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emily Blake
WILDFIRES AND EVACUATIONS IN WESTERN LABRADOR - Smoke from a wildfire is shown in Labrador City, N.L. in a Friday, July 12, 2024 handout photo. Residents of Labrador City were ordered to evacuate Friday night, as a nearby wildfire crept closer to the town. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Janelle Nippard
SOUTHERN ONTARIO鈥橲 SUMMER OF FLOODS - Cars are partially submerged in flood waters on the Don Valley Parkway, following heavy rain in Toronto on July 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
BILLION-DOLLAR HAILSTONES: CALGARY鈥橲 COSTLIEST WEATHER DISASTER - Chris Miles, right, Chief Operating Officer, of the Calgary Airport, speaks to members of the media Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, after parts of its domestic terminal building were closed due to damage caused by hail and heavy rainfall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CENTRAL CANADA BEARS THE BRUNT OF THE HURRICANE SEASON - Damage from tropical storm Debby is shown in St.-Lin-Laurentides, Que., in this Saturday, August 10, 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Mathieu Maisonneuve
SUMMER SPLIT: MARITIMES SIZZLE WHILE ALBERTA SHIVERS - Tourists enjoy a summer's day in Halifax, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
FROM HEATWAVE TO WILDFIRES: JASPER鈥橲 SUMMER INFERNO - A wildfire-devastated neighbourhood in west Jasper, Alta., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS DELIVER DOUBLE BLOW TO B.C. - A man uses an umbrella to shield himself from the rain while walking on the Stanley Park seawall across the water from downtown Vancouver, on Saturday, October 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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