Portal:Weather/On this day list/November 26
November 26[edit]
1898: A powerful storm system killed over 400 people and sank 150 ships over the next two days along the coast of New England.
1997: Cyclone Osea reached peak intensity while passing through French Polynesia, destroying most buildings and infrastructure on Maupiti.
2006: A large storm system began to drop heavy snow in the Pacific Northwest. Over the next five days it would cause heavy snow, ice storms, heavy rain, tornadoes and derechos over much of the United States and Canada.
2009: Typhoon Nida, one of the most powerful typhoons of the decade, reached peak intensity over the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 285 kilometres per hour (180 mph).