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Ärende: Today In Weather History
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 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Tuesday  September 5, 2006.
 This is the 248th day of the year, there are 117 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1925 The temperature at Centerville AL soars to 112 degrees to
            establish a state record.  Every reporting station in
            Alabama was 100 degrees or above that afternoon.
    In 1933 A hurricane hit Brownsville TX killing forty persons and
            causing 12 million dollars damage.
    In 1950 Hurricane Easy produced the greatest 24 hour rainfall in
            U.S. weather records.  The hurricane deluged Yankeetown,
            on the upper west coast of Florida, with 38.7 inches of
            rain.
    In 1975 Strong winds reduced visibilities to near zero in blowing
            dust resulting in a 22-car chain reaction accident on
            Interstate 10 near Toltec AZ.  Two persons were killed,
            and 14 others were injured.
    In 1987 Thunderstorms over the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast
            States drenched Charleston SC with 5.50 inches of rain,
            and a total of 13.50 inches in two days, flooding homes,
            and leaving roads and bridges under water. A tropical storm
            which formed off the Carolina coast was responsible for
            torrential rains over coastal regions of South Carolina.
            Between the 30th of August and the 8th of September,
            Charleston SC received 18.44 inches of rain.  The heavy rains
            caused extensive flooding around the city of Charleston,
            seriously damaged cotton crops in the eastern part of the
            state, and resulted in an unusally high number of mosquitoes.
    In 1988 Five days of heavy rain commenced in west central
            Florida.  Up to 20 inches of rain in four days resulted
            in extensive urban flooding, and evacuation of 1000
            homes.  Flooding claimed four lives, and caused more than
            five million dollars proprty damage. 
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced six to ten inches of rain in south
            central Kansas between 6 AM and Noon.  Serious flooding
            was reported around Wichita, with water four feet deep
            along some roads.  A cold front crossing the Northern
            High Plains Region produced wind gusts to 63 mph at
            Sheridan WY.
    In 2003 Hurricane Fabian hit Bermuda as a category 3 hurricane,
            the strongest hurricane to hit there in decades, with
            120 mph winds. The Bermuda Weather Service reported an
            unofficial observation of 117 mph sustained winds, with
            gusts to 127 mph. The Bermuda Airport reported sustained
            winds of 103 mph, with gusts to 132 mph. Elsewhere, 
            Typhpoon Dujan slammed into the southern Chinese coastal
            city of Shenzhen, killing at least 20 people, and causing
            extensive damage to parts of the country's showcase
            economic development zone. Of the 20 fatalities, 16 were
            killed when a workers dormitory collapsed, and at least
            20 others were injured. It was the worst damage to that
            damage to that region since 1979.
    In 2005 Tropical Storm Nate formed southwest of Bermuda, the 14th
            named storm of the 2005 hurricane season.

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