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Tmitsss's avatar

The deadliest weather disaster in modern Canadian history occurred in a residential neighborhood in a floodplain near Toronto by a flash flood triggered by Hurricane Hazel in 1954.

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Lisa Paul's avatar

Your post is very interesting. The events of the past few days is a reminder how quickly things can change and how important it is for folks to monitor weather. I am wondering whether camps, RV parks, etc should be encouraged to monitor weather events on their own - it seems like the warnings were there that should have alerted those in the area to continue to monitor the weather. I don’t want to blame anyone but I am wondering if there could be more PSAs to remind folks to monitor weather conditions after a flood watch has been in effect. Also, if a flood warning is issued folks should immediately take action to get to higher ground. Should every RV Park and camp have a NOAA radio ? Would that have helped? You said the weather alerts is just part of it - folks need to be monitoring and implement the warnings after issued. Such a terrible loss of life.

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