2014/10/16 60th Anniversary of Hurricane Hazel: Emergency Services and Citizens Called Into Action in the Humber Valley. On October 15 and 16, 1954, Hurricane Hazel struck the Toronto area with a devastating reminder of the power of nature. By the storms end, more than 285 millimetres (11 inches) of rain fell on the already sodden ground, causing some of the most severe flooding in Canadas history. In its aftermath, 81 people died and over 4,000 families were left homeless in Ontario. The total cost of the destruction in Canada was estimated at $100 million, the equivalent of about one billion dollars today. THE STATS: 300 million: number of tons of water that fell during the storm 155: Hazels maximum speed (mph) in the Caribbean 81: Number of people in Ontario who lost their lives from the flooding 4,000:Number of families left homeless in Southern Ontario from the flood (1,868 in Toronto) 32: Houses on Raymore Drive that were washed away by floods 4:Magnitude of Hazel at the maximum rating prior to landfall on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale LINK for Historic Information : hurricanehazel.ca/index.html
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:16:12 +0000