On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory in 2016, 88,000 people had to evacuate from their homes due to the Fort McMurray wildfire.
It's the largest wildfire evacuation in the province's history.
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As we forecast a powerful nor'easter this week, we're looking back 30 years to the 1993 Superstorm.
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory :
Commiserating that #OTD last year, 20 Dec 2023, early in the morning, I was having fun experiencing a #WinterStorm in #BC โs #FraserValley / #SumasPrairie โ sadly this is way less likely anytime soon in an El Niรฑo year. That said, can we do this again!?!
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On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory , the deadliest natural disaster in our nation's history occurred.
Learn about the Galveston Hurricane, which killed more than 8,000 people in 1900:
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory in 2017, a deadly tornado outbreak struck the Gulf Coast.
Do you remember this?
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory 10 years ago, an EF3 tornado hit El Reno, Oklahoma, killing nine people:
Do you remember the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962?
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory , a nor'easter struck the Mid-Atlantic Coast, resulting in 40 deaths and nearly 4,000 destroyed buildings.
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory in 2016, Gatlinburg, Tennessee was impacted by destructive wildfires:
Nearly a century later, the Tri-State tornado remains the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, having torn through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
Remembering #ThisDayInWeatherHistory in 1925:
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory back in 1997, the Red River broke the 100-year flood crest record in Fargo, North Dakota:
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory , the most active 24 hours of the largest tornado outbreak on record occurred:
On #ThisDayInWeatherHistory , a multi-state tornado outbreak spawned deadly and destructive EF4s in Nebraska: