Event CategoryDisaster
Event GroupNatural
Event SubgroupMeteorological - Hydrological
Event TypeStorm Surge
PlaceBaie-Verte and Port Elgin NB
Event Start DateJanuary 2, 2010
Event End DateJanuary 3, 2010
CommentsBaie-Verte NB, January 2-3, 2010. While there are no gauges in the Baie-Verte/Port Elgin area, Environment Canada reported that based on the gauge at Pointe du Chene the peak water level there lasted for approximately two hours. Environment Canada indicated that water levels in the Baie-Verte/Port Elgin area would have been greater than the five feet recorded at Pointe du Chene due to the peak winds occurring there later in the storm.
Fatalities0
Injured / Infected0
Evacuated0
Estimated Total Cost$627,673
Federal DFAA PaymentsUnknown
Provincial DFAA PaymentsUnknown
Provincial Department Payments$337,716
Municipal Costs$145,954
OGD CostsUnknown
Insurance Payments$144,003
NGO PaymentsUnknown
Utility - People Affected0
Magnitude0.0