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March 1

1997: A violent tornado outbreak struck the Southern United States, killing 27 people

March 2

2012: One of the most violent March tornado outbreaks on record killed 40 people in the central and eastern United States, mostly in Indiana and Kentucky.

March 3

1971: A large blizzard hit much of eastern Canada, killing over 30 people.

March 4

2012: Several avalanches struck the Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan, killing more than 50 people.

March 5

1966: BOAC Flight 911 broke up in mid-air near Mount Fuji due to extreme turbulence, killing all 124 people aboard.

March 6

2010: A storm system brought high winds, large hail, and flooding to Melbourne and the surrounding area, causing at least $500 million in damage.

March 7

2004: Cyclone Gafilo, the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the southern Indian Ocean, made landfall in Madagascar as a Category 5 storm.

March 8

2008: Cyclone Jokwe made landfall between the Island of Mozambique and Angoche with winds over 200 kilometers per hour (120 mph).

March 9

2000: Cyclone Steve made its fourth landfall near Denham, Western Australia. Steve was the only known tropical cyclone to make four landfalls on Australia.

March 10

2019: A storm which had been wandering near the coast of Mozambique for a week strengthened and was given the name Cyclone Idai. The storm would drift in and around the Mozambique Channel for several days, bringing flooding rains and damaging winds and storm surge that would eventually kill more than 700 people in southern Africa.

March 11

2007: Cyclone Hamish dissipated off the coast of Queensland.

March 12

2006: The worst day of a multi-day outbreak of tornadoes struck the Midwestern and South Central United States, killing 9 people in Illinois and Missouri.

March 13

2010: Cyclone Ului rapidly intensified to Category 5 on the Australian Scale, becoming one of the most intense storms on record in the South Pacific Ocean.

March 14

1862: Vilhelm Bjerknes, known as one of the founding fathers of weather forecasting, was born in Christiana (now Oslo), Norway.

March 15

1889: The Apia cyclone wrecked or sunk six ships in the harbor of Apia, Samoa, killing at least 147 people.

March 16

1942: The Weather Prediction Center (then known as the Analysis Center) began operations in Washington, D.C.

March 17

1936: An extreme flood struck Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, eventually causing around $3 billion (2006 USD) in damage in the city.

March 18

1966: United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed near Cairo International Airport, Egypt while attempting to land in a severe dust storm after sustaining damage while flying through a thunderstorm. All 30 passengers and crew were killed.

March 19

1956: A severe nor'easter struck the Northeastern United States, leaving drifts of snow more than 10 feet (3.0 m) high in some areas.

March 20

1969: A United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 crashed while attempting to land in a sandstorm at Aswan International Airport, Egypt, killing 100 of the 105 people on board.

March 21

1932: A deadly tornado outbreak killed 330 people in the Southern United States, including 268 deaths in Alabama, the most in that state's history.

March 22

2010: Severe storms struck the region around Perth, Western Australia, bringing high winds, large hail, and heavy flooding rains. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the territory, with more than A$1 billion in reported damage.

March 23: World Meteorological Day

1913: A tornado struck the city of Omaha, Nebraska on Easter Sunday, killing more than 100 people.

March 24

1994: Cyclone Nadia made landfall in Mozambique between Nacala and the Island of Mozambique. The storm directly killed more than 200 people, and also disrupted the local harvest causing starvation which would kill hundreds more.

March 25

1948: A second tornado in six days struck Tinker Air Force Base, after the first official tornado prediction ever issued.

March 26

2007: Heavy rain began impacting central Argentina, eventually leading to severe flooding that would leave 15 dead.

March 27

1977: Two airplanes collided in heavy fog on a runway at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, resulting in the deaths of 583 passengers. Known as the Tenerife disaster, it was the deadliest weather-related air disaster in world history.

March 28

2004: Hurricane Catarina, the only known severe tropical cyclone ever to form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, made landfall north of Torres, Brazil. More than $350 million (USD) in damage and as many as 10 deaths were caused by the storm.

March 29

1998: A supercell dropped 13 tornadoes across southern Minnesota, killing two people in the state's earliest tornado outbreak on record.

March 30

1915: Herbert Riehl, a meteorologist known for his work on the importance of hot towers in tropical meteorology, was born in Munich, Germany.

March 31

2007: Major flooding reached its peak in Argentina's coastal region. Five people were killed in the week-long flood.