A look at Environment Canada’s top 10 weather events for 2024

By The Canadian Press on December 10, 2024.

Cars are partially submerged in floodwaters in the Don Valley following heavy rain in Toronto, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

Environment Canada has released its annual list of top 10 weather events. Here’s the list for 2024:

– Arctic communities face unusual heat wave

– Central Canada bears the brunt of the 2024 hurricane season

– Billion-dollar hailstones: Calgary’s costliest weather disaster

– Western Canada plunged into January deep freeze

– Wildfires and evacuations in western Labrador

– Southern Ontario’s summer of floods

– Cape Breton’s winter wallop

– From heat wave to wildfires: Jasper’s summer inferno

– Summer split: Maritimes sizzle while Alberta shivers

– Atmospheric rivers deliver double blow to British Columbia

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 10, 2024.