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time normal amount meanwhil new brunswick clean-up rescu oper continu saint-mari-de-kent farm farm hous 9 000 pig collaps heavi snow kill hundr pig februari 2001 on februari 5 6 low pressur system form eastern unit state seaboard intensifi rapidli move northward the center storm pass northern nova scotia put new brunswick heaviest snowfal path snowfal amount rang 30 55 centimetr wind gust high 100 blizzard condit some storm surg minor flood northumberland strait northeastern region hit hardest storm forc closur school govern offic store bank restaur heavi snow atlant canada brought roof region in st john?s newfoundland roof distribut center cave caus 100 000 damag part roof halifax bingo hall depart store collaps the snow-laden rain-soak roof trigger chain reaction dislodg lower floor destroi thousand item blew brick wall the nois reportedli sound earthquak then februari 26 western central nova scotia motorist pedestrian slip slid slick sheen ic hour freez rain sever school close provinc make record dai winter 2001 march 2001 as march 1st 282 centimet snow fallen charlottetown 115 cent normal total time year there frequent whiteout hour drift blow snow condit caus multi-vehicl pile-up seven school dai cancel provinc winter april 2001 from april 1st 4th seri winter storm dump 20 60 centimetr snow eastern newfoundland south coast island the extrem weather coincid start massiv provinci public servic strike includ highwai personnel snow-clear oper highwai side-road block snowbank - drift reportedli half metr high as commun isol concern increas respect suppli food pharmaceut suppli heat oil deliveri emerg respons capabl the weather subsid week's then april 7 snow arriv break st john's all-time snowfal record singl season the final talli 648 4 centimetr record total major citi canada note excerpt 2002 canadian weather trivia calendar -30- file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata winter-canada 01-11-26-back htm snav footer file localhost whatsnew html what's new file localhost organ about us file localhost issu html your environ file localhost public html inform public http weatheroffic ec gc canada html weather file localhost html home file localhost html francai file localhost contact html contact us file localhost help html help http canexplor gc search http canada gc canada site file localhost climat html atlant climat centr file localhost commun html commun program file localhost conserv conserv natur file localhost expert html contact list expert file localhost emerg emerg file localhost enforc enforc complianc file localhost assess environment assess file localhost link html environment link file localhost commun fund html fund program file localhost legal html legisl we administ file localhost marketplac marketplac our product file localhost expert html media spokesperson http ec gc minist mineng htm meet our minist file localhost press new releas the green lanetm environ canada's world wide web site http ec gc copi html import notic disclaim page last updat 2001-11-26 