Looking back on the 1998 ice storm 20 years later | CBC News
WEBJan 4, 2018 · Twenty years ago this week, starting on Jan. 4, 1998, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario were pelted with as much as 100 millimetres of freezing rain and ice pellets — an ice storm that lasted...
Fighting the darkness: how the 1998 ice storm crippled the ... - CBC.ca
WEBIn 1998, freezing rain coated eastern Ontario and western Quebec in ice, cutting off power to thousands. Here's what went wrong — and what lessons have been learned.
January 1998 North American ice storm - Wikipedia
WEBThe North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from ...
CBC Morning News January 8 1998 - YouTube
WEBJan 8, 1998 · opening minutes of the CBC Morning News (broadcast from Halifax) on January 8, 1998 with detailed coverage of the ice storm afflicting Quebec.
A forecast of freezing rain still brings me dread, 25 years later
WEBJan 5, 2023 · Journalists in the CBC Montreal newsroom provided 24/7 programming at the height of the 1998 ice storm in Quebec. This footage dates to Jan. 9 of that year, which came to be known as Black...
CBC Archives: 1998 Ice Storm | CBC - YouTube
WEBJan 7, 2009 · 1998 - The Ice Storm of 1998 becomes severe on January 7. This clips from CBC-TV's "The National" illustrates the human toll of the big freeze, which has tur...
Ice Storm of 1998 - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBNov 8, 2012 · The ice storm of 1998 was one of the largest natural disasters in Canadian history. Between 4 and 10 January 1998, sections of the St. Lawrence Valley from Kingston to Québec’s Eastern Townships received up to 100 mm of ice pellets and freezing rain — more than double the icy precipitation normally received in those areas in a whole year.
Surviving 1998's Great Ice Storm | The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBMar 17, 2003 · This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 26, 1998. In a dark high-school hallway in Cowansville, Que., two elderly women tried to play canasta by candlelight one night last week.
Great Ice Storm of 1998 - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBWhen the first ice storm hit Montreal on Jan. 5, causing widespread power outages, 71-year-old Margaret, a widow, spent a night alone in her chilly, darkened house in the Notre Dame de Grace area. The next day, she visited a nearby daughter, 32-year-old Patricia - only to have her power fail.
Jan. 5, 1998 – the deadly ice storm of the century - Radio-Canada
WEBJan 5, 2017 · This was a reminder of the great and deadly ice storm exactly 19 years ago to the day, that swept through the region in 1998. It has been called one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian...