Hurricanes, as you should know, are powerful storms. They receive names. What you might not know is that when a hurricane is particularly destructive, the government of the affected nation will request for it to be retired, and that name will never again be used for a hurricane.
In 2003, Hurricane Juan struck Halifax square on as a Category 2 storm, bringing wind gusts to over 200 km/h, losses over $200 million, and 8 deaths. As it was the most destructive hurricane to affect Canada (and still is), Environment Canada, for the first time ever, requested that the name be retired.
Environment Canada's made the request for three reasons: "the lost and damaged lives, the impact to economy, and the widespread destruction of trees through out two provinces."
Really? Trees being uprooted was a factor in the decision? Pretty much our whole country is trees!
Only in Canada.
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