Surfs up in Southern Ontario?

The Hurricane Hazel Flood

of October, 1954
"...IT WAS A GIGANTIC FLOOD WITH SMASHED HOUSES AND UPROOTED TREES BOBBING LIKE CORKS, EVERYTHING GOING DOWN THE RIVER SO FAST. HOUSES CRASHING INTO THE SIDES OF OTHER HOUSES, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SCREAMING. AND THEN YOU COULDN'T EVEN HEAR THE SCREAMS ANYMORE."

What Happened
If you are a high school student reading this article, you might be a little confused Southern, Ontario? A hurricane that floods Southern Ontario!? We dont have that kind of weather here! But it did happen! When & Where? From 7am on October 14, 194 until midnight on October 15, an estimated 210 millimeters of rain fell in the Southern Ontario area, breaking all weather records. This rain caused the flooding of the Don and Humber Rivers and Etobicoke and Mimico creeks to flood. Why did it rain so much, you may be wonderingHurricane Hazel. What? Southern Ontario. Hazel was particularly destructive in Hurricane Hazel was the Toronto as a result of lack of deadliest and costliest hurriexperience with hurricanes in cane of the Atlantic hurricane the area. Also, on its way to season of Canada, its 1954. A season power was which saw a increased by total of 11 merging with hurricanes. an existing and Hurricane powerful cold Hazel formed front. It hit on October 5 Toronto as a in near Haiti. It The Aftermath of Hurricane category 1 made its way Hazel - Weston, Ontario hurricane. to the United States, first hitting North and South CarWhy? olina as a Category 4 hurricane, and then Virginia, West Hurricanes occur because of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, the hot and cold climates New Jersey, Pennsylvania and mixing together to form a New York. It then reached funnel cloud. They are always formed over the ocean. Who? Hurricane Hazel caused the deaths of 81 Ontarians in 1954.

Volunteer fireman Bryan Mitchell (Toronto Star, October 14, 1984)

In this article
Who/What/Where/ When Why (Explanation of Cause)

SOUTHERN ONTARIO, 1954

The Environmental Impact

Hurricanes dont just cause destruction on personal propertiesthey also have a significant impact on the environment. One effect of hurricanes on the environment is they cause erosion. This is the gradual destruction of an ecosystem. Hurricanes create storm surge which causes erosion. (eroding of river beds, forests, etc) Subsequently, members of the ecosystems community are affected. Did you know hurricanes also carry bacteria? Foreign bacteria can significantly impact a different environment.

The Environmental Impact

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