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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.
The Columbus Day Storm was a monster the size of a coastline. Today, meteorologists call it the most severe nontropical storm in the history of the lower 48 states. It blew down 15 billion board ...
1962: Columbus Day Storm began life as tropical storm Typhoon Frieda/Freda. 1979: February 13 windstorm leads to the catastrophic failure of the Hood Canal Bridge. 1981: Friday the 13th Windstorms, November 13–15 [6] 1990: November 22–24, Mercer Island bridge sinking Washington state [7] 1993: Inauguration Day windstorm, January 20.
The extratropical remains of Freda would continue east through the Pacific Ocean, making landfall in the Pacific Northwest of Canada & the United States on October 12, 1962. This same storm was named the Columbus Day Storm [2] in the United States, where it caused $235 million in damage and the deaths of 46 people. In the early hours of October ...
1961 - December 8: The Space Needle opens in Seattle. 1962 Seattle hosts the Century 21 Exposition. October 12: The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 (which was a remnant of Typhoon Freda) strikes the Pacific Northwest, producing wind gusts up to 100 mph (160 km/h) in the Tacoma area.
Columbus Day storm of 1962; H. Hurricane Alma (1962) Hurricane Daisy (1962) K. Typhoon Karen This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 02:33 (UTC). Text is ...
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Columbus Day storm of 1962; N. North Sea flood of 1962; W. Winter of 1962–1963 in the United Kingdom This page was last edited on 4 July 2023, at 23:01 (UTC). ...