Weather Trivia

Today's Weather Trivia

Today's Date is Monday June 9, 2025...\n ON... Jun 9, 1953 A tornado hit the town of Worcester MA killing ninety persons. The tornado mangled steel towers built to withstand winds of 375 mph. The tornado, up to a mile in width at times, tracked 46 miles through Worcester County. Debris from the tornado fell in the Boston area, and adjacent Atlantic Ocean. IN 1972...A cloudburst along the eastern slopes of the Black Hills of South Dakota produced as much as 14 inches of rain resulting in the Rapid City flash flood disaster. The rains, which fell in about four hours time, caused the Canyon Lake Dam to collapse. A wall of water swept through the city drowning 237 persons, and causing more than 100 million dollars property damage.

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