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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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7:23

April 13 - That CRAZY Easter Weekend 140-Tornado...

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2022/04/13

It was widespread and it was deadly, the Easter weekend tornado outbreak that brutalized the Southeast US. Several tornadoes were ultimately responsible for triggering tornado emergency declarations, including the very first of its kind to be issued by the National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina. Throughout the two-day outbreak, a total of 140 tornadoes touched down across 10 states, causing widespread and locally catastrophic damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:37

April 12 - 1981: The Space Shuttle Program...

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2022/04/12

The initial launch date was scheduled for April 10, 1981 and with the first launch of the Space Transportation System (STS), better known as the "space shuttle". The shuttle was humankind's first reusable spacecraft. The orbiter would launch like a rocket and land like a plane. The STS-1 crew consisted of Commander John W. Young and Pilot Bob Crippen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:03

April 11 - 1970: Apollo 13 Launches to the Moon

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2022/04/11

Aboard were astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and Fred W. Haise. In the Hollywood film Tom Hanks portrayed Jim Lovell, Bill Paxon played Fred Haise and Kevin Bacon was John Swigert. Apollo 13, was to be the third lunar landing mission and all went well at the launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:15

April 10 - The Most Extreme Wind Speed Ever Recorded

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2022/04/10

Tropical Cyclone Olivia bore down on tiny Barrow Island, just off the coast of western Australia in April 1996. In this system was embedded a smaller-scale circulation within Olivia's eye-wall that produced five extreme 3-second wind gusts, the peak of which was a 253 mph gust on April 10!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:43

April 9 - 1959: We Met Our First US Astronauts!!

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2022/04/09

They would be known as the Mercury 7, all military test pilots, and carefully selected from a group of 32 candidates to take part in Project Mercury, America’s first manned space program. In January 1959, NASA began the astronaut selection procedure, screening the records of 508 military test pilots and choosing 110 candidates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:14

April 8 - The 2020 "Good News" Bridge Collapse in Italy

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2022/04/08

At close to 10:30 in their morning this normally would have been mass chaos and the loss of life would have been staggering. Helicopter surveillance views of the area showed where sections of the bridge crossing the river Magra had fallen to the water, buckling a stretch of road behind it. This route was finished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:11

April 7 - Widespread + Costly Ontario & Quebec Flood

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2022/04/07

It was a three day event that produced significant rainfall that then led to flooding across parts of Eastern Canada. The majority of the damage was in Eastern Ontario and Quebec. The high water levels blurred the lines between rivers and land. Following the heavy rains, strong wind gusts downed trees and power lines across many areas of both provinces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:47

April 6 - High Winds Kill Thousands of Birds in Greece

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2022/04/06

Between April 5-6, this day in weather history, thousands of swallows and swifts that had been migrating from Africa to Europe died in flight due to exceptionally strong winds in Greece, that they had to pass through on their migratory route north during the spring. The Greek wildlife protection group Anima, reported that the birds were being found dead on streets and apartment balconies in the Greek capital city of Athens, on the Aegean Islands and near the seaport of Nauplia in the Peloponnese.

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6:39

April 5 - The Shocking 1972 Portland-Vancouver Tornadoes

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2022/04/05

It’s a fairly well-known fact that the Pacific Northwest isn’t in the conversation normally when discussing a “tornado alley”. In today’s event, there were 4 at once which is immediately unusual, but this outbreak was packing a deadly F3 tornado that struck Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. The last time a tornado of F3 strength occurred here was June 3, 1894. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:03

April 4 - Killer 1974 Tornadoes Part 2: The Xenia,...

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2022/04/04

This was the first tornado outbreak in recorded history to produce more than 100 tornadoes within a 24-hour period. And that would not ever be bested for another 37 years in the US until the 2011 Super Outbreak. The 1974 outbreak caused widespread and extensive damage that spanned approximately 900 sq mi (2,331 km2) as it travelled a total combined path length of 2,600 mi (4,184 km)..It caused an estimated $843 million in 1974 USD which roughly translates to $4.58 billion in 2019...and over 2/3s

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6:13

April 3 - The Deadly 1974 Windsor Tornado

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2022/04/03

The 1974 Windsor tornado still stands as the 6th deadliest tornado in Canadian history. On this day it killed 9 people while injuring dozens more. It has also come to be remembered for the extensive toll it took on life and infrastructure, especially to the Windsor Curling Club on Central Avenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:59

April 2 - The 1957 Dallas F3 Killer Tornado

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2022/04/02

This 1957 twister was rated F3 which again is not even close to the most powerful of its kind to set off across the US South, but it was downtown Dallas where basically everyone at the time lived in the state, relatively speaking. It was observed and later confirmed that 574 structures were damaged, including close to 154 homes and up to 28 apartment buildings that were completely destroyed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:43

April 1 - When a Plane Crash in 1993 took a NASCAR...

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2022/04/01

The investigation into the case of the accident that took place, later revealed it was human error; the pilot failed to operate the anti-ice system properly. Alan Dennis Kulwicki who was known by his peers as "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was not just the driver; he was also a team owner. Kulwicki won at the 1992 Winston Cup Championship and the headlines the next day was all about how that was then the closest margin of victory in NASCAR history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:23

March 31 - The 1889 Opening of the Eiffel Tower

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2022/03/31

In 1889, and the French Government wanted to commemorate the 100 years since the French Revolution with an international exposition. As it’s centrepiece, there was a design competition for a grand monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. It had only just been completed in 1889, and it was already set for demolition in 1909....but the study of weather saved it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:53

March 30 - 1848: The Day Niagara Falls Stopped "Falling"

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2022/03/30

On the night of March 29th, and in one of the most incredible stories to emerge from this event, hundreds of locals picked up lit torches and decided that it would be pretty cool to walk across the floor of the Niagara River along the brink that is normally the drop off to the Horseshoe and American Falls!! I am not kidding you, this really happened!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:07

March 29 - A “Funny” Thing Happened on the Way to the...

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2022/03/29

the plane touched down more than 300 metres short of a Halifax runway and smashed through an antenna array before finally skidding to a stop. This passenger jet liner then proceeded to knock through a power line, which cut power to the airport. The aircraft then climbed an embankment up to the runway level, skidded on its belly and stopped 570 metres (1,870 ft) past the stopping line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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March 28 - The Massive Hail that Killed in Texas

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2022/03/28

On March 28, of 2000 it was during the evening hours when a powerful F3 tornado struck Downtown Fort Worth, Texas, causing major and in some cases irreparable damage to several buildings and high-rises and claimed the lives of two people. According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), a baseball-size hailstone actually falls at a speed comparable to an actual baseball thrown from a major league pitcher - near 100 mph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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March 27 - The 1964 Alaska 9.2 Earthquake and Tsunami

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2022/03/27

Releasing about 500 years of stress buildup, this event tore the earth wide open and triggered tsunamis. Six hundred miles (970 km) of fault ruptured all at once and moved up to 60 ft (18 m). Anchorage sustained some of the greatest destruction and damage but it was in large part due to an infrastructure that was simply not reinforced for earthquakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:44

March 26 - The Mighty Gust That "Wiped Out" Our 2...

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2022/03/26

The Weather Network's Chief Meteorologist Chris Scott and "Storm Hunter", Mark Robinson were sent to Grand Etang, Nova Scotia to experience and report on the ferocious "Les Suetes" winds. The two meteorologists remarked how they were likely witnessing the most extreme weather in the entire world at that moment, but this would be a harbinger of things to come for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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March 25 - Weather And War: Operation Iraqi Freedom...

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2022/03/25

The blowing sand and dust messed up military operations by driving down visibility and getting into the highly sophisticated parts of precision weapons systems. The storm, known locally as a turab, came screaming into Baghdad from behind the coalition forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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