10,000 miners were underground when the Tangshan earthquake hit

The first man to fly in a hurricane took an unauthorized flight — he got a medal

California's 7th worst wildfire destroyed 1,077 homes and spawned a fire tornado

The time a tornado hit Alaska — happens once every 20 years

How the Incas designed Machu Picchu to accommodate the volatile environment

Recapping the rare Massachusetts tornadoes that left an inn without its roof

The Great Flood of 1993 is one of the worst in U.S. history, wiped out an island

The $100 million hailstorm that hit Canada's second-largest wine-producing area

A little white house is all that remains from one of Canada's worst floods

St. Louis's worst power outage left Cardinals fans clambering to seek shelter

In preparation for Hurricane Emily, Cancún halted the sale of alcohol

One of Ontario's longest storms spanned 400 km — spawned hail and tornadoes

Winnipeg's historic hailstorm was so notable, it's a graduate thesis

When a thunderstorm stalled over Peterborough and turned streets into rivers

Canada's fourth-deadliest tornado tore up a campsite near Red Deer, Alberta

Snow is very rare in Uruguay, but it fell during the first-ever FIFA World Cup

Category 3 Hurricane Bertha delayed sailing events at the 1996 Atlanta Games

The memorable 1961 MLB All-Star Game – National v. American leagues v. wind

The series of unbelievable weather events that hit the 1986 U.S. Women's Open

Remembering a deadly Ontario tornado that tossed cabins into a nearby lake

Recalling the historically bad commute when the GTA flooded in 2013

Temperatures reached a deadly 48.8 °C during the Hoover Dam construction

The 1936 North American heat wave hit Toronto hard — temperatures reach 40 °C

A tornadic storm that hit Saskatoon is one of Sask.'s worst weather events

Smoke from one of Northwest Territories' worst fire seasons made it to Portugal

Before there was Sharknado, there was an actual 'gater-nado' in South Carolina

How weather likely impacted the Battle of Gettysburg's extensive death toll

How a hailstorm and flash floods in Mexico trapped trucks in chunks of ice

Thomas Jefferson logged the weather twice daily up until a week before he died

Two of California's largest earthquakes hit the same morning