Portal:Weather/On this day list/August 10
August 10[edit]
1856: A hurricane destroyed a resort on Last Island, Louisiana, killing more than 200 people.
2017: Hurricane Franklin made landfall in Veracruz, Mexico, causing relatively minor damage.
2020: A severe derecho struck the Midwestern United States, bringing wind gusts as high as 140 miles per hour (230 km/h) and causing $11 billion USD in damage.