Ice storm '98.

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Starting late on January 4, 1998, and continuing for the next six days, freezing rain fell on eastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec, and southern New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, probably producing the largest insured losses in Canadian history. The same storm covered areas in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in the U.S., although damage there was considerably less than that experienced in Canada. This report focuses on the experiences in Canada in order to both improve understanding among insurance practitioners and the general public about such events and to demonstrate ways to mitigate losses. It examines the potential impacts of global climate change, possible future ice storms, the effects of El Nino, the potential for such a storm in a major metropolitan area, future loss reduction, and sustainable building practices