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The Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) is a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada

The Meteorological Service of Canada is a division of Environment Canada, which primarily provides public meteorology information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards....
, an agency of Canada's Department of the Environment
Environment Canada

Environment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act , is the Ministry of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife....
, which exists to advise Canadians on the threat of tropical cyclone
Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a storm characterized by a large low pressure system center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain....
s such as hurricanes and tropical storms. Founded in 1986, CHC serves to provide guidance to MSC's weather centres in eastern and Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada

File:Atlantic Canada.svgAtlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the List of regions of Canada of Canada comprising four Provinces and territories of Canada located on the Atlantic Ocean: the three Maritimes ? New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island ? and Newfoundland and Labrador....
, and is based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Dartmouth , founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, a provincially designated Metropolitan Area, and a former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia....
. CHC frequently consults with its United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 counterpart, the National Hurricane Center
National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center , located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and tropical cyclone....
 in Miami, to coordinate the tracks and positions of all storms that pose a threat to Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
.

as Hurricane Gloria
Hurricane Gloria

Hurricane Gloria was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane hurricane that formed during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season and prowled the Atlantic Ocean from September 16 to September 28....
 and its less-than-expected damage which prompted Environment Canada
Environment Canada

Environment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act , is the Ministry of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife....
 to create the CHC.






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The Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) is a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada

The Meteorological Service of Canada is a division of Environment Canada, which primarily provides public meteorology information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards....
, an agency of Canada's Department of the Environment
Environment Canada

Environment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act , is the Ministry of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife....
, which exists to advise Canadians on the threat of tropical cyclone
Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a storm characterized by a large low pressure system center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain....
s such as hurricanes and tropical storms. Founded in 1986, CHC serves to provide guidance to MSC's weather centres in eastern and Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada

File:Atlantic Canada.svgAtlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the List of regions of Canada of Canada comprising four Provinces and territories of Canada located on the Atlantic Ocean: the three Maritimes ? New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island ? and Newfoundland and Labrador....
, and is based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Dartmouth , founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, a provincially designated Metropolitan Area, and a former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia....
. CHC frequently consults with its United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 counterpart, the National Hurricane Center
National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center , located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and tropical cyclone....
 in Miami, to coordinate the tracks and positions of all storms that pose a threat to Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
.

History

It was Hurricane Gloria
Hurricane Gloria

Hurricane Gloria was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane hurricane that formed during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season and prowled the Atlantic Ocean from September 16 to September 28....
 and its less-than-expected damage which prompted Environment Canada
Environment Canada

Environment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act , is the Ministry of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife....
 to create the CHC. Its first hurricane warnings were issued in 2008
2008 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30....
 for Hurricane Kyle
Hurricane Kyle (2008)

Hurricane Kyle was the eleventh tropical cyclone and sixth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed from a strong tropical disturbance that tracked across the northeastern Caribbean Sea in the third week of September....
, which struck near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Yarmouth is a town and major fishing and ferry port located on the Gulf of Maine in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is sometimes referred to as "The Gateway to Nova Scotia"....
 on September 28, 2008, and quickly became extratropical while maintaining much of its strength into New Brunswick and Labrador
Labrador

Labrador is a region of Atlantic Canada. Together with the island of Newfoundland from which it is separated by the Strait of Belle Isle, it constitutes the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
.

Duties

The organization gathers information on tropical and post-tropical cyclones (systems in the process of becoming extratropical cyclones), predicts their evolution, and assesses their potential impact on Canada. Their area of responsibility is bound by the Canada-United States border and extends into waters offshore Canada to . Like other hurricane centers, the Canadian Hurricane Centre makes presentations about tropical cyclones to schools, businesses, the media, and other governmental agencies. They also coordinate with the public concerning addition queries about hurricanes in Canada.

Frequency

While hurricanes are relatively uncommon in Canada, they do approach or strike from time to time. Among recent occurrences are Hurricane Bob
Hurricane Bob

Hurricane Bob was the second named storm, first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season. The only hurricane to make U.S....
, which struck Campobello Island
Campobello Island, New Brunswick

Campobello Island is a Canada island located at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay, adjacent to the entrance to Cobscook Bay, and within the Bay of Fundy....
, New Brunswick
New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only Constitution of Canada bilingual province in the federation. The provincial capital is Fredericton....
, in 1991, Hurricane Luis
Hurricane Luis

Hurricane Luis was the twelfth named tropical cyclone and one of the most powerful storms during the very busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. The rare, large and long-lived Cape Verde-type hurricane lasted for 16 days during August and September....
 which struck Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
 in September 1995, Hurricane Hortense
Hurricane Hortense

Hurricane Hortense was the eighth tropical storm, sixth hurricane, and second Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season....
 which struck Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
 in September 1996, Hurricane Michael which struck Newfoundland in October 2000, and Hurricane Juan
Hurricane Juan

Hurricane Juan was a significant tropical cyclone that struck the southern part of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003. It was the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season....
, which struck Nova Scotia in September 2003. Also of note due to its rarity and the damage caused is Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel

Hurricane Hazel was the worst hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the worst hurricanes of the 20th century. Hazel killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before striking the United States just north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and south of Wilmington, North Carolina as a Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale....
 which hit Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
 in 1954, which remained a strong storm even after crossing over the U.S. East Coast states.

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