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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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May 3 - The Terrifying Fort McMurray Evacuations Begins May 03, 2022

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On May 3, the fire swiftly blew through Fort McMurray and that prompted the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes all of a sudden. The scenes were chaotic. There were very well coordinated escape caravans but the fire was swallowing up routes as fast as they were being designated.

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May 2 - 2019 and Ottawa River's Highest Level Ever May 02, 2022

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On May 1, the Ottawa River crested 30 cm above 2017’s peak flood levels. As an immediate response to this, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson issued a State of Emergency on April 25. It was lifted on June 12.

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May 1 - Happy Anniversary Environment Canada! May 01, 2022

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They are Canada’s authoritative source for severe-weather alerts and weather, water, ice, and climate data. As a matter of fact, in times of crises that cause enough of a stir for it to be remembered as a memorable day in weather history their team of meteorologists and hydrologists work around the clock to monitor and predict hazards like the two flooding stories I just presented to you on this podcast yesterday in Manitoba and the day before in Quebec.

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April 30 - The 1997 Red River “Flood of the Century” Apr 30, 2022

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The amount of water that this spring unleashed on the areas lining the river in this valley back in the spring of 1997 was enough for it to be labeled “The Flood Of The Century”! This covered over 2 thousand 500 square kilometres of land -- in water -- and that forced the evacuation of a staggering 28,000 people.

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April 29 - Spring Flooding: Quebec’s Major Weather Event of 2019 Apr 29, 2022

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By the next day, April 30th, 2019... 9,070 homes and 273 businesses were flooded, and as a result there were now 12,000 people displaced. In the area affected, we also had 82 landslides linked to the flooding as well as the roads and highways I mentioned in the intro. In total, there were 310 municipalities across Quebec that were affected by the flooding.

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April 28 - Baseball Sized Hail at a Baseball Game! Apr 28, 2022

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The hailstones ballooned to 2.75" (7cm) diameter which we term “baseball sized”. THIS system starting pitching baseball sized hail all around, before it crossed the Missouri River into St. Louis County. Meanwhile, about 100 people were injured and one person was killed when a tent collapsed on a crowd that was gathered outside Busch Stadium after a Cardinals game at a nearby sports bar.

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April 27 - The 2008 Fort Albany Flooding & Evacuations Apr 27, 2022

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On Sunday, April 27, 2008, residents of Fort Albany, a First Nations community primarily made up of women and children, were forced to flee what were now the worst floods since 1985. Because of the rapid ice breakup on the river they now had mighty ice flows racing down stream at a force that burst through the dikes, thrusting river water up, over and on to the mainland of the reserve where the 900 residents lived.

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April 26 - The 1991 Deadly and Destructive "Andover F5" Apr 26, 2022

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This outbreak would go on to result in 21 people being killed, 17 of which were from the Andover tornado. But the Wichita-Andover tornado was actually the 3rd in a series of 4 tornadoes that pushed through South Central KS. F5 damage also occurred across the southern part of Andover where large frame homes were demolished.

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April 25 - 2015 Saw Mount Everest’s Deadliest Avalanche Apr 25, 2022

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In the avalanche a cascade of snow, ice and rock raced down the mountain, through the populated area known as “base-camp” and in it at least twenty-two people were killed. This made this event the new deadliest disaster on the mountain. The 7.8 magnitude quake would be blamed for the death of more than 5,000 people, and the injuries suffered by an additional 10,000 people.

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April 24 - The 2018 Record New Brunswick Flooding Apr 24, 2022

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Floods have been part of recorded history in New Brunswick for over 300 years. They date back as far as 1696, when the first written record told of a late, very high spring water level that delayed crop planting for the residents of a small French settlement at Jemseg. In 2018, The Saint John river overflowed its banks and water levels crested to over 27 feet (8 ¼ meters) in Fredericton by May 1. The rush of water closed 50 streets in the city and forced hundreds of residents from their homes.

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