On This Day In Weather History - October 5 | |
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1864 |
A devastating cyclone that killed 80,000 people in Calcutta, India, prompted the British East India Company to establish a telegraphic storm-warning service in 1865. |
1893 |
On the southeast coast of Louisiana, a twenty-two foot surge was brought by the Grand Isle Hurricane that killed more than two thousand people. |
1917 |
Sentinel, AZ reached the hottest October temperature ever in the U.S. of 116 F.
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