The day proved to be one of the wackiest weather days ever in Ontario. In Southwest Ontario on the Michigan border, Windsor’s temperatures climbed to a balmy 20°C. In Southeast Ontario and Canada's National Capital, Ottawa, they suffered a round of freezing rain. Off the shores of Georgian Bay in sort of Central Ontario, the city of Barrie had snow and Hamilton experienced a rare and very late in the season tornado. 

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World War One involved the active duty of more than 65 million men from over 30 countries. Of these, 620,000 Canadians and nearly 8 million French fought in truly horrific conditions in France. 

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It is still the deadliest and most destructive natural disaster to hit the 5 great lakes in recorded history, killing more than 250 people, destroying 19 ships, and stranding 19 others.

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This powerful and deadly twister was first reported in the coastal town of Ladispoli, where two floors of an eight-story building collapsed. Dozens of other buildings were damaged in Ladispoli while it also closed local schools when the localized street flooding became a concern in Rome.

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Historically, it is one of the deadliest typhoons on record to hit the Philippines. It killed at least 6,300 people in that country alone while also leaving 11 million more people homeless.

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On November 4th, 2001, one of the more unique weather occurrences coincided with one of the conclusions of one of the most intense series and seasons in baseball history…..this day in weather history.

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The earthquake registered 7.9 Magnitude. It was the largest quake recorded in the United States since the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake. And that concussion upon eruption was the strongest ever recorded in the interior of Alaska.

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Benjamin Franklin was living in the then US Capital, Philadelphia Pennsylvania and was excited about the prospect of recording observations of a predicted eclipse event. Problem is, there was no such thing as a Weather network back then so there was no way of knowing there was a hurricane looming until it was upon you and it was and it ruined his day.

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You had to know that likely EVERY SINGLE halloween decoration across the province of Quebec was still set up or hanging from something creative when the 100 kilometre per hour winds hammered through. The good news is that it did NOT happen on the 31st because it most assuredly would have injured or even killed so many more people with everyone out in the streets revelling in the clubs or walking their kids around trick or treating.  

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With stories from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, sit back and enjoy the candy, gum, chocolate and chips you likely stole from your kids' collection bags while we look at a special collection of spooky, scary and down right nasty weather events on an already spooky and scary night for all.

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