Portal:Weather/On this day list/June 9
June 9[edit]
1953: On the final day of a deadly three-day tornado outbreak, a violent tornado plowed through the city of Worcester, Massachusetts and surrounding towns, killing 90 people.
1972: Intense rainfall led to the failure of Canyon Lake Dam along Rapid Creek near Rapid City, South Dakota. The resulting flooding killed 238 people and caused over $160 million in damage.
1984: A tornado outbreak struck the Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions of Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing more than 400 people.
1998: A severe tropical cyclone made landfall in Gujarat, India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.