In July 2018, a wildfire near Redding, California, erupted. On the 26th, This Day in Weather History, it exploded into what was determined to have been a fire tornado with winds on par with those of an EF3 tornado….this day in weather history!

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Think of a state in the US where you would last suspect a twister, Massatusettes doesn't count because we did an episode on them the day before yesterday. Today we hit the Last Frontier; Alaska, This Day in Weather History.

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Maccu Picchu is an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world’s top tourist destinations....and it’s location made full personal use of weather benefits and exacted it’s perils upon anyone looking to invade….there is a lot to unwrap here and we’re exploring this right now on This Day in Weather History.

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According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of the roughly 1,253 tornadoes that the United States averages per year, of these Massachusetts sees only one. So let's find out now what happened in 2019, on this day in weather history.

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The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 affected both great bodies of life giving water and those that feed them along the way…..was a flood that occurred in the Midwestern United States, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993…..we pick this up in progress right here...on this day in weather history.

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We all love apples, grapes, cherries and, let's face it, wine! Honestly, who doesn't?? So it would be a massive and costly disaster if they were to be wiped out in a major weather event. Let's see just what happened July 21, 1997, you know, This Day in Weather History.

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The Saguenay region of Quebec has suffered several natural disasters. There was the landslide in 1971 and an earthquake in 1988. These events, however, cannot compare with the disastrous flooding that ripped the region apart in July 1996, this day in weather history.

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Growing up I always learned that when thunder roars, go indoors. That was not entirely how things played out at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO. on the night of July 19th, 2006. But it seriously should have been, This Day in Weather History.

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Growing up I always learned that when thunder roars, go indoors. That was not entirely how things played out at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO. on the night of July 19th, 2006. But it seriously should have been, This Day in Weather History.

When we think of Guadalajara Mexico we think ice in margaritas in a rustic cantina with tacos and a mariachi band playing nearby. What we don’t normally think about is the whole city buried in ice. Ice comes in many shapes and forms but it rarely comes in south western mexico...especially the way it did this day in weather history.

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