
ECCC Canadian Hurricane Centre
@ECCC_CHC
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Official account for the Canadian Hurricane Centre. Tweets by ECCC meteorologists and staff. Suivez-nous en français @ECCC_CCPO Terms: https://t.co/IwHj97Rfgx
Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined November 2016
Conditions in the tropical Atlantic are conducive for another active hurricane season this year with 13 to 19 named storms expected to develop in the entire basin. About 35% of Atlantic tropical cyclones on average enter the @ECCC_CHC response zone.
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On this date 70 years ago Hurricane Hazel combined with a non-tropical low and frontal system over southern Ontario leading to epic flash flooding and taking the lives of over 80 people. Over 200 mm of rain fell in the Toronto area. #onstorm
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Fourteen years ago on September 20th and 21st 2010, Hurricane Igor struck Newfoundland and Labrador. Over 200 mm of rain fell from the Burin to Bonavista Peninsulas while winds toppled trees and damaged buildings on the Avalon Peninsula. #nlstorm
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