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June 30 - Canada's deadliest twister hit Regina, Saskatchewan. Known as the Regina Cyclone, it was an F4 tornado that devastated the city. More than 300 people were injured and 28 people killed. The total cost of damage was estimated to be around $4.5 million (nearly $117M in 2019). 1915. June 25 - an F4 tornado struck near Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Tropical Cyclone Kimi was a small tropical cyclone which briefly threatened the Eastern Coast of North Queensland in January 2021. The tenth tropical low and third tropical cyclone of the 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season , Kimi originated from a weak tropical low which formed northeast of Queensland on 16 January.
St Monica's Old Cathedral was erected in 1927 as St Monica's Church-School, replacing an earlier church and school demolished in the cyclone of 9 February 1927. [1] The first St Monica's Church, 1884 St Monica's with a porch and presbytery added. Cairns was established in October 1876, as a port to service the Hodgkinson goldfields.
Tropical Cyclone Jasper was slowly making landfall around the town of Wujal Wujal, roughly 115 km (72 miles) northeast of the popular tourist destination of Cairns at 3 p.m. (0500 GMT), bringing ...
Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona hit the Atlantic Canada region, including the town of Parkers Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Saturday, September 24, according to the Canadian Weather Service.The ...
Abbott Street, Cairns, c. 1925. World War I resulted in many labour and consumer good shortages for the physically isolated Cairns population. [52] A period of reconstruction and quiet growth followed World War I. [53] On 12 October 1923, the Government granted approval for Cairns to be listed as a city. [54]
Atlantic Canada has been hit with many storms, with the ones that do hit usually being weak storms, due to the generally cool waters offshore. Some hurricanes can strike the area full force as the warm Gulf Stream extends fairly close to Atlantic Canada. Due to the cool waters for a great distance from the Pacific coast of Canada, there has ...
A historic “bomb cyclone” has caused multiple deaths and mass power outages after slamming into Seattle, Washington, as it charts a destructive path through California and Oregon.