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Important information on Canada’s new ALERT READY program

Frequently Asked Questions about the Alert Ready system

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Emergency Preparedness Kit key to Surviving Power Outages

Massive megathrust earthquake could strike B.C. at any time.

Chile Major Earthquake & Tsunami Warning

Crews Make Good Progress of Massive Butte Valley Fires

‘Unprecedented’ Wildfires Force out 13,000 Evacuees

Huckleberry fire east of Kelowna, B.C. leads to 140 evacuations

Alabama residents and geologists perplexed by spate of earthquakes

Decade of drought: a global tour of seven recent water crises

Japan earthquake: Magnitude 8.5 quake strikes off east coast, injuring 2

US Drought Map

Vanishing Country

Cache Creek declares state of emergency after flash flood

Residents of flooded Cache Creek eligible for B.C. disaster relief

Tornado rips through Mexico killing 13 people; Texas declares states of disaster in 24 counties after flooding

Texas flash floods cause death and destruction – in pictures

Dozens dead in China flooding, including two children on school bus

Heat wave kills more than 750

‘Great quake overdue’: A study had warned just two months ago

The Big One could trigger series of large earthquakes, study finds

Earthquakes amplified in silty Vancouver basin: study

B.C. due for mega-earthquake along coast

Insurance study warns Canadians unprepared for carnage of next big earthquake