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  • A budget of $2000 per year is required to effect a visiting speaker series.
  • The 1948 Fraser River flood caused about $200 million damage (in 2003 dollars).
  • This damage, however, pales in comparison to that of the earthquakes at Northridge, California (January 1994, magnitude 6.4), and Kobe, Japan (January 1995, magnitude 7.1), which amounted to US $20 billion and US $147 billion, respectively.
  • The 1980 eruption claimed 57 lives and caused more than US $1 billion damage.
  • Landslides cause $100-200 million in damage in Canada every year.
  • In 1993, a major flood in Winnipeg caused $500 million in damage.
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