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Effects of Hurricane Sandy in Canada

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was experiencing sustained winds of tropical storm force from Windsor to Ottawa, with gusts to 80 km/h (50 mph) or higher. One woman was killed after being struck by a piece of flying debris, a
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At least 145,000 customers across the province had lost power as of the morning of October 30. Streetcar wires along several routes were torn down in Toronto. Hundreds of flights from
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on October 31 with minimal damage, one of the latest tornadoes in the year ever recorded in Canada and one of very few to be linked to a tropical cyclone (or the remnants thereof).
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corridor, from Southwestern Ontario as far as Quebec City. Environment Canada also predicted that Hurricane Sandy could bring "significant" snow to parts of
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issued its first preliminary statement on Hurricane Sandy on October 25. The statement was aimed at all of Eastern Canada from
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On October 30, Environment Canada issued storm surge warnings along the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including the
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Around 49,000 homes and businesses lost power in Quebec during the storm, with nearly 40,000 of those in the
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On October 31, rainfall warnings were posted for all counties of New Brunswick that are not adjacent to
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to be prepared for flooding and power outages in the wake of the storm.
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region of the province, as well as more than 4,000 customers in the
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included rainfall and high waves across much of eastern Canada.
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On November 1, as the remnants of Sandy marched towards
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Index


SSHWS
NWS
USD
Atlantic Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Nunavut
2012 Atlantic hurricane season
Meteorological history
Greater Antilles
Maryland and Washington, D.C.
New Jersey
New York
New England
Canada
Commons: Sandy images
Wikinews: Sandy stories
Hurricane Sandy
Canadian Hurricane Centre
Southern Ontario
Canadian Maritimes
Environment Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Valley
Central
Northern Ontario
Canadian Red Cross
Conservation Authorities
Ontario

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