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This Day in Weather History

The Weather Network

"This Day In Weather History" is a daily podcast from The Weather Network that features unique and informative stories written and produced by host Chris Mei. Weather happens every day. It can be sunny, cloudy, stormy or maybe just unsettled, but it is always happening! It’s when severe weather strikes that it captures the attention of those affected…and the imagination of everyone else who follows the story. So it is with good reason to expect that after over a century of news and weather

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6:45

July 22, 2022 - The Mighty Mississippi Devours an Island

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/22

The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 affected both great bodies of life giving water and those that feed them along the way…..was a flood that occurred in the Midwestern United States, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993…..we pick this up in progress right here...on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:35

July 21, 2022 - The $100-Million Okanagan Wipe Out

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/21

We all love apples, grapes, cherries and, let's face it, wine! Honestly, who doesn't?? So it would be a massive and costly disaster if they were to be wiped out in a major weather event. Let's see just what happened July 21, 1997, you know, This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:11

July 20, 2022 - The Decision That Would Cost Many Lives

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/20

The Saguenay region of Quebec has suffered several natural disasters. There was the landslide in 1971 and an earthquake in 1988. These events, however, cannot compare with the disastrous flooding that ripped the region apart in July 1996, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:36

July 19, 2022 - Tonight: St. Louis Cardinals vs. A...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/19

Growing up I always learned that when thunder roars, go indoors. That was not entirely how things played out at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO. on the night of July 19th, 2006. But it seriously should have been, This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:49

July 18, 2022 - The Curious Tale of Hurricane Emily

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/18

Hurricane Emily was a powerful, early season, Cape Verde tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across the Caribbean Sea to Mexico. At it’s time, It was the earliest forming Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in a season and the most intense to form before August. And it made it’s first...that’s right...its first landfall on This Day in Weather History...July 18th, 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:39

July 17, 2022 - Tornado Terror To Toronto and Beyond

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/17

On July 17th 2006, a massive series of storms moved across Ontario and Quebec. The damaged track was nearly 400 kilometres long, one of the longest in Ontario history. And it happened this day in weather history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:02

July 16, 2022 - The 1996 Giant Winnipeg Hail

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/16

On July 16, 1996, an hour and a half storm in Winnipeg brought hailstones up to 70 mm in diameter. It happened this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:54

July 15, 2022 - The Day Peterborough Flooded

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/15

Peterborough, Ontario was hit by two bands of wet weather, one Wednesday evening and the other early Thursday. They poured a combined 193 mm of rain on the city. This turned residential streets into running rivers, flooded out basements and underpasses were literally submerged in water so deep it was totally impassable. It happened on July 15th, 2004...This Day in Weather History!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:41

July 14, 2022 - The Tragedy at Pine Lake

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/14

The date was July 14, 2000 and a terrible funnel cloud carved a kilometre-wide path of destruction, tossing fragile mobile homes into the lake and smashing others beyond recognition; this day in weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:23

July 13, 2022 - World Football Finals vs SNOW!?

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/13

In 1929, Uruguay was awarded the right to host the first-ever World Cup of Soccer tournament in 1930. But why would a country that has a winter climate in July be given the opportunity to host the event? That is the story today on This Day in Weather History!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:00

July 12, 2022 - Bertha Bashes The Carolinas &...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/12

The villages were jammed, preparations final and we were only literally one week, 7 days away from the opening ceremonies at the big global summer collection of games that draws athletes from around the world but whose official name I do not have the rights to mention here but I think we all know what I am referring to...this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:02

July 11, 2022 - Blown Away at the '61 MLB All-Star Game

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/11

On July 11, 1961, San Francisco Giants pitcher Stu Miller was literally blown off the mound during the MLB’s first All-Star Game at Candlestick Park, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:12

July 10, 2022 - Weather "Plagues" '86 Women's Golf Final

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2022/07/10

On July 10, 1986 - it was the first day of the U.S. Women’s Open in Dayton, Ohio. On the surface you’d think...Okay….but this year, everything that could go wrong, did go wrong with the weather and otherwise natural phenomena playing a central role in this being remembered as one of the craziest golf tournaments to ever take place anywhere at any time on earth, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:44

July 9, 2022 - "Tornado Alley, MANITOBA"?!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/09

On July 9, 2009 at 8:20pm, this cell spawned an F2 tornado striking Fisherman's Cove resort on Lac Seul, a small lake near the remote fishing town of Ear Falls Ontario. It was the deadliest tornado to hit the province since 1985 when it hit this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:07

July 8, 2022 - Toronto Underwater!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/08

If you have ever been to Toronto then you know how critical the Don Valley Parkway is in moving millions of people from the north to the south of this massive megalopolis….but it is also prone to filling up with water like a swimming pool….like it did this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:59

July 7, 2022 - Behold! The Hoover Dam Riseth!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/07

President Herbert Hoover was an environmentalist so deal with it! His main focus points included pollution-free water, flood control, and fisheries. So, therefore, after a disastrous Mississippi River flood in 1927, Hoover recommitted to bettering American infrastructure to prevent another similar catastrophe. On July 7th, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as

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5:47

July 6, 2022 - The Demolishing Drummondville Tornado

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/06

Tornadoes are not common but hardly rare in the province of Quebec. As a matter of fact, Of the 426 tornadoes tracked in Quebec between 1980 and 2009, only seven were considered a disaster, that is distinguished by incidents where people were hurt or property was damaged. The July 6th, 1999 twister is a rare exception, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:13

July 5, 2022 - Canada's Deadliest Heatwave Hits Hard

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/05

On July 5th, 1936, one of the deadliest heat waves in Canadian history started as it hit Manitoba and Ontario and it lasted for almost two weeks. Beginning this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:55

July 4, 2022 - Saskatchewan's "Twister'd" 4th of July

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/04

HOPEFULLY everyone will be safe and happy and in better shape than the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan was On July 4th 1996, when a thunderstorm outbreak spawned an estimated 11 tornadoes …. This Day in Weather History!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:08

July 3, 2022 - The "Freak" NWT Wild Fire $eason

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/07/03

Based on 20-year averages, in a regular year the N.W.T. experiences about 245 fires affecting 570,000 hectares of land, and the firefighting budget is about $7.5 million. But during the summer of 2014, 385 wildfires burned in Canada’s Northwest Territories— 57 per cent more than average. The fires burned a record 33,900 km2, costing The N.W.T.'s Department of Environment and Natural Resources $55 million fighting the fires of 2014! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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