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Natural Hazards

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Environment Canada

Find out about hurricanes and weather warnings. See the latest satellite and radar images.

Natural Resources Canada

Wildfires have been part of Canada's forest ecosystems for thousands of years. They help renew forests by removing trees that are old or damaged by disease or pests, recycling nutrients and providing new habitat and food for wildlife.

Natural Resources Canada

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about floods that have occurred in Canada, including flash floods, freshet and outburst floods.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to discover what differentiates a major forest fire from a small one and to learn about the causes, contributors to and methods of fighting major forest fires in Canada.

Natural Resources Canada

Learn about the project that uses historical data of landslides to assess and understand landslide hazards, produce related maps and reduce risks relating to landslides.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about rock avalanches, rockslides, rockfalls, debris flows and debris avalanches, the different types of landslides that occur in Canada.

Natural Resources Canada

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about avalanches in Canada, mass movements of snow and ice down a hillside that occur when unique circumstances of climate and topographic factors come together.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about Canada's past earthquakes, the rapid shaking of the earth's surface that follows the sudden release of energy within the earth.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the major natural disasters that have occurred in Canada, including earthquakes, landslides and tornadoes.

Natural Resources Canada

Read about the Government of Canada's role in the detection and technical analysis of nuclear explosions.