The 1666 Tornado on This Day in History

 

This day in history: On this day in 1666, the most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the Fujita scale or T8 on the TORRO scale, struck the county of Lincolnshire, with winds of more than 213 miles per hour (343 km/h).

1666 was such a bad year. The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. This fire destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, the Royal Exchange, Guildhall, and St. Paul's Cathedral. It also killed off some of the black rats and fleas that carried the plague bacillus. The fire began on September 2, 1666 and lasted just under five days. One-third of London was destroyed and about 100,000 people were made homeless.

A Great Plague also happened in 1666. Also known as the Black Death, this disease had been known in England for centuries. Those who could, including most doctors, lawyers, and merchants, fled the city of London. Charles II and his courtiers left in July for Hampton Court and then Oxford.

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A Tornado and a Flood on This Day in History

 

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A tornado outbreak killed more than 240 people in the central United States, while an ongoing flood in the Ohio River watershed was killing 650 people on this day in 1913.

The tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913 was a devastating series of tornado outbreaks that affected the northern Great Plains, the Southern United States, and sections of the upper Midwest over a two-day-long period between March 21–23, 1913. 

The Great Flood of 1913 occurred between March 23 and March 26, after major rivers in the central and eastern United States flooded from runoff and several days of heavy rain. Related deaths and damage in the United States were widespread and extensive. While the exact number is not certain, flood-related deaths in Ohio, Indiana, and eleven other states are estimated at approximately 650. The official death toll range for Ohio falls between 422 and 470. Flood-related death estimates in Indiana range from 100 to 200. More than a quarter million people were left homeless. The death toll from the flood of 1913 places it second to the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as one of the deadliest floods in the United States. 

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The Black Friday Tornado in Edmonton on This Day in History

 

This Day In History: A major tornado hits Edmonton on this day in 1987. I remember this as I had just left Edmonton the day before. The event came to be called Black Friday. 

The Edmonton tornado of 1987, was a powerful and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern parts of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighboring Strathcona County on the afternoon of Friday, July 31, 1987. It was one of seven other tornadoes in central Alberta the same day.

The tornado peaked at F4 on the Fujita scale and remained on the ground for an hour, cutting a swath of destruction 30.8 km (19.1 mi) in length and up to 1.3 km (0.81 mi) wide in some places. It killed 27 people, and injured more than 300, destroyed more than 300 homes, and caused more than C$332.27 million (equivalent to $665 million in 2020) in property damage at four major disaster sites. The loss of life, injuries and destruction of property made it the worst natural disaster in Alberta's recent history and one of the worst in Canada's history.

The first "recorded" tornado in Alberta was in Vermillion in 1907. The first recorded Canadian tornado was in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario in 1792.

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The 1884 Tornado Enigma Outbreak on This Day in History

This Day in History: More than sixty tornadoes struck the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, happened on this day in 1884 (The 1884 Enigma Outbreak). The 1880's have also been one of the busiest hurricane seasons in history. This is long before SUV's. "According to the National Hurricane Center, storms are no more intense or frequent worldwide than they have been since 1850. Temperatures were high in the 1920s and 1930s when there was much less CO2 in the atmosphere. Constant 24-7 media coverage of every significant storm worldwide just makes it seem that (storms are more frequent and intense).~Paul Bedard
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