The Elie, Manitoba tornado was an F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the province of Manitoba 40 kilometres west of Winnipeg. It became the FIRST and ONLY of it's kind in Canada's history, this day in weather history.

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The Comstock Lake fire was discovered on June 21, 2018 and was caused by lightning.By the end of June, 2018, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia. This day in weather history.

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It is still to this day considered the worst fishing-related disaster in New Brunswick in over 100 years. Of course I am referring to the 1959 Escuminac disaster. On the 19th, it is estimated the storm intensified into a hurricane about halfway between Bermuda and Nova Scotia, but it was short-lived because six hours later, it became extratropical. And with that, The remnants struck Atlantic Canada, once in Nova Scotia and again in Newfoundland, this day in weather history.

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During the spring of 2013, southern Alberta was hit with one of Canada’s most expensive natural disasters, destroying communities from Banff to Calgary and beyond. It was the worst flooding to hit the City since 1932. This Day in Weather History.

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Something seemed “off” as early as June 11th….Banded convection was first noticed in the northwest Caribbean Sea when a polar front dropped into the region from the northwest kicking things into action, this day in weather history.

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It was the 1946 Tecumseh Tornado...the most powerful ever to hit the Windsor area and still ranks within the top 3 Tornadoes ever to hit in Canada, this day in weather history!

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On the June 5th episode of this podcast I presented to you a story about a tropical storm that never reached hurricane status yet still had its name retired. Today is a storm that struck a similar note when it tuned up the Pelican State, this day in weather history.

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Tornadoes are micro-scale areas of rapidly dropping pressure. When this happens it is a mind-bending counter clockwise draw of air. COUNTER clockwise! Always COUNTER clockwise!....except for that time back in 2019 on this day in weather history.

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Generally speaking, when you mention tornadoes in Canada, we normally do not think of ...well..Canada. We immediately think “Tornado Alley USA”! So when what happened back in 1892 happened and it was so bad that it is still in the top 10 today….we MUST investigate what happened back then, on this day in weather history.

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6-million dollars can’t even clean up a medium impact natural disaster these days. Especially if it wipes through a major metro like Calgary Alberta. One did in 2020….and it cost a metric ton...this day in weather history.

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