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August 1

1982: Typhoon Bess struck the Japanese island of Honshū, killing 59 people.

August 2

2005: Air France Flight 358 overran the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport while attempting to land in a thunderstorm. The aircraft was destroyed in the crash and subsequent fire, but all aboard survived.

August 3

2008: A rare F4 (T8) tornado struck the town of Hautmont, France, killing three people.

August 4

1980: Hurricane Allen reached category 5 strength for the first time in the late evening. Allen was at this strength for a total of almost three days, the longest of any Atlantic hurricane on record, and the third-longest in the world.

August 5

2011: Typhoon Muifa passed through Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, bringing up to 41 inches (1,000 mm) of rain and sustained winds of 65 knots (75 mph; 120 km/h) to Okinawa Island.

August 6

1753: Georg Wilhelm Richmann an early researcher into electricity and related phenomena, was struck by lightning and killed while conducting experiments in Saint Petersburg.

August 7

1979: Several tornadoes killed 2 people in the Woodstock, Ontario area.

August 8

2010: Heavy rain and flooding led to catastrophic mudslides which killed more than 1,400 people in Zhugqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. This was part of a larger series of floods and mudslides which killed more than 3,000 people across southern and central China over the summer.

August 9

1993: The NOAA-13 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The satellite only operated for 12 days before a short circuit resulted in a loss of contact and the end of its mission.

August 10

1856: A hurricane destroyed a resort on Last Island, Louisiana, killing more than 200 people.

August 11

1940: A hurricane made landfall near Beaufort, South Carolina, killing 50 people.

August 12

1993: Hurricane Fernanda reached peak intensity over the northeastern Pacific Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (233 km/h). It would bring high waves to the Hawaiian Islands, but only caused minimal damage.

August 13

1916: The dam holding back Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County, North Carolina failed due to severe flooding.

August 14

1932: A major hurricane, one of the strongest on record to strike Texas, made landfall near Freeport, killing 40 people.

August 15

2008: A tornado outbreak began in southern and central Poland, killing 4 people and damaging hundreds of buildings.

August 16

2003: Hurricane Erika made landfall in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, causing minor damage and two deaths.

August 17

2012: Typhoon Kai-tak made landfall on the Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong, China, causing major economic damage across the province.

August 18

2007: Typhoon Sepat struck the island of Taiwan, killing at least 43 people.

August 19

1848: More than 100 ships were lost and 100 fishermen were killed in a severe gale on the east coast of Scotland.

August 20

2009: Eighteen tornadoes touched down in southern Ontario, marking the most extensive tornado outbreak in Canadian history.

August 21

1918: 36 people were killed when a tornado struck Tyler, Minnesota.

August 22

2016: Typhoon Mindulle made landfall near Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, killing 3 people due to flooding.

August 23

1998: An outbreak of severe weather caused major damage across northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, killing one person.

August 24

1893: A hurricane struck New York City, causing major damage, including the complete destruction of Hog Island.

August 25

1635: A major hurricane struck southeastern New England, killing more than 46 people.

August 26

1995: As part of a hyperactive hurricane season, 5 tropical cyclones existed in the Atlantic basin simultaneously, the only time in history this has ever occurred.

August 27

1909: A major hurricane struck the city of Monterrey, Mexico, bringing flooding that destroyed half the city and killed an estimated 4,000 people.

August 28

1983: Hurricane Barry made landfall about 35 miles (56 km) south of the Texas border, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Hundreds of homes were destroyed, but no one was killed.

August 29

2021: Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest hurricanes on record to strike the state of Louisiana, made landfall near Port Fourchon with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour (240 km/h).

August 30

2003: A flash flood along Jacobs Creek killed 6 people on Interstate 35 in Kansas, near the town of Emporia.

August 31

1971: Hurricane Lily struck western Mexico, causing devastating flooding in Puerto Vallarta.