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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.
The Weather Bureau described the storm as "one of the most damaging extratropical cyclones to hit the United States coastline," with damage estimated at $200 million. The storm destroyed 1,793 houses, and damaged another 16,782. [3] According to the American Red Cross, the storm killed 40 people in the United States, [4] with 1,252 injured. [3]
The 1962 storm still ranks as one of the biggest, if not the biggest, to ever hit the Northwest. Columbus Day storm, 1962: the day ‘a meteorological bomb’ exploded in the Northwest Skip to ...
The extratropical remains of Freda would continue east through the Pacific Ocean, making landfall in the Pacific Northwest of Canada & the United States on October 12, 1962. This same storm was named the Columbus Day Storm [2] in the United States, where it caused $235 million in damage and the deaths of 46 people. In the early hours of October ...
March 5–9 – Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962: One of the ten worst storms in the United States in the 20th century occurs, killing 40 people, injuring over 1,000, and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage in six states. March 21 – The Taco Bell fast food restaurant chain is founded by Glen Bell, in Downey, California.
A massive, long-lived outbreak sequence of 188 tornadoes impacted 25 states in the Continental United States as part of a long-lived period of active severe weather. On May 14, a massive, long-tracked, 1-mile-wide (1.6 km) F3 tornado struck Burton and Mills, Nebraska as well as Bonesteel, South Dakota , injuring eight along its 53.8-mile-path ...
Bomb cyclones in 2021 are compared with the 'Big Blow' of 1962.
A total of 25 people were injured by flying debris with six of them requiring hospitalization. Another injury also occurred as a result of a lightning strike. Total damages from the storms were estimated to be at least $2 million. Gusty winds behind the storms bought localized wind damage and gusts as high as 99 miles per hour (159 km/h).