Portal:Weather/On this day list/August 24
August 24[edit]
1893: A hurricane struck New York City, causing major damage, including the complete destruction of Hog Island.
1956: Severe flooding began in Mannum, South Australia, after a levee broke outside of town.
1964: Hurricane Cleo stuck southwest Haiti, killing almost 200 people there.
1992: Hurricane Andrew, one of the most intense hurricanes on record to hit the United States, devastated the area around Homestead, Florida.
2006: A tornado outbreak struck the northern Great Plains, including an EF3 tornado that killed one person in Kasota, Minnesota.