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This Day in Weather History

“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 information gathering and record keeping, there would be a “special” weather or natural phenomena event to mark each day of a calendar. Do you remember the first recorded tornado in Canadian history? No, you don’t because none of us were there…so we dive into that! How about when Prince played the Super Bowl halftime show? It’s possibly the best performance ever for that event….and the backstory made it all the more special! Or how about the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Festival back in 1994? It’s all here – all year – in one podcast…. “This Day In Weather History”!

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August 21, 2022 - The Tornado That Galvanized Goderich Aug 21, 2022

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The 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado was, at an F3 tornado strength, a major storm. It was generated by an isolated supercell which unexpectedly first came ashore...then tore across Huron County, Ontario, on the afternoon of Sunday, August 21, 2011….this day in weather history.

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August 20, 2022 - 19 Tornadoes! One Day! Southern Ontario! Aug 20, 2022

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At one point over 10 million people in Southern Ontario, at the time one-third of Canada's entire population, were placed under either tornado watches and/or warnings as these powerful and dangerous storms rolled through. In all, a grand total of 19 tornadoes touched down with four of them producing F2 damage.

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August 19, 2022 - The 2005 Toronto Flooding & ... Tornadoes? Aug 19, 2022

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The province sees 12-13/year but there are always the outlier years that far exceed that number. When the storm came close to the Greater Toronto Area, a tornado warning was issued, but the storm changed its characteristics. Wind gusts of well over 100 km/h (62 mph) blew through this densely populated centre. That was accompanied by golf ball sized hail, but really the main event was the heavy rain flooding many parts of the city.

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August 18, 2022 - The Devastating Great Wall of Water in China Aug 18, 2022

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The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze River floods, were a series of floods that occurred from June to August 1931 in the Republic of China, hitting major cities Wuhan, Nanjing and beyond, eventually culminated into a dyke breach along Lake Gaoyou on 26 August.

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August 17, 2022 - Cat-5 Camille Carves up the Coast Aug 17, 2022

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Camille had only just formed on Aug. 14, reached Category 3 status, which now classified it as a major hurricane, just one day later. Then the day after that, on Aug. 16, it skyrocketed to Category 5 strength. Camille defied a prediction that it would turn northeast toward the Florida Panhandle when it hooked left and instead headed for the Mississippi coast.

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August 16, 2022 - Andrew Annihilates Areas of Florida Aug 16, 2022

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The Category 5 hurricane is a beast unlike most other natural phenomena on Earth. When Andrew made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, it packed a 1-minute sustained wind speed of 165 mph (266 km/h). As many as 1.4 million people lost power at the height of the storm; some didn't get their power restored for over a month!! In the Everglades, 70,000 acres (280 km2) of trees were downed.

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August 15, 2022 - Wicked Weather Wallops Williams Lake Aug 15, 2022

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It was the second tornado that hit Williams Lake in fifteen months. Its path was 21km long and 200m wide. Several cottages were damaged, two of which crushed to their very foundation and then totally swept away, this day in weather history.

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August 14, 2022 - When a One-In-20,000 Year Rain Drowned a British Town Aug 14, 2022

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Four of London’s main-line railway stations were flooded and closed, a large part of the London Underground was brought to a standstill as tunnels were flooded and the electricity supply failed. It has been suggested that likely between 175 to 200mm of rain could have fallen in that short window of time, this day in weather history.

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August 13, 2022 - Deadly Weather at "Sugarland" Aug 13, 2022

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A wind gust out ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm cell hit the temporary roof structure of the Indiana State fair’s mainstage, causing it to collapse. The heavy structure fell on the crowd below who likely considered themselves the lucky ones to get a spot up close to the stage, waiting for the headliner; Sugarland.

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August 12, 2022 - "Follow The Yellow Brick Road" into History Aug 12, 2022

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Barely one month prior to the start of World War 2, there was a film...it had a massive budget for its time and a lot of that was put toward it’s groundbreaking special effects. You see, this particular film wanted to bring its audience face to face with the deadliest force of nature known to earth….the tornado!! it was August 12, 1939, when The Wizard of Oz had one of it’s world premieres at the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; this day in weather history.

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