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1950 January 25 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January. [1] August 15 8.6 earthquake kills over 1,000 in Assam, India. [1] 1951 March 14 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany. [1] June 23 Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas). [1] August 6 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria. [1] August 17 Hurricane winds drive six ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica. [1] December 1 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds. [1] 1952 January 14 Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26. [1] March 21 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths. [1] September 24 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5. [1] 1953 January 31 Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning nearly 2,000. [1] February 1 Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835. [1] March 18 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die. [1] May 11 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39 million damage). [1] June 8 Cluster of six tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113. [1] Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich and Ohio. [1] June 9 About 100 die in Worcester Massachusetts tornado. [1] Tornado strikes Worcester Mass destroying Assumption College. [1] September 27 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan. [1] December 24 Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166. [1] December 25 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand). [1] 1954 January 11 Two ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - 10 die (Austria). [1] January 12 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; nine hours later second one-kills 115. [1] April 1 Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed. [1] August 31 Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die. [1] September 2 Hurricane Edna batters northeast US, killing 20. [1] September 14 Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage. [1] September 26 Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay Japan, killing over 1,600. [1] October 5 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US. [1] October 18 Hurricane Hazel (third of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US. [1] 1955 July 14 Two killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England. [1] August 3 Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days. [1] August 17 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage. [1] August 19 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and first billion $ damage storm (N.E. US). [1] 1956 May 12 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves. [1] July 4 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in one minute) at Unionville Maryland. [1] 1957 March 9 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska. [1] March 22 Earthquake gives San Francisco shakes. [1] May 24 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia. [1] June 26 Hurricane Audrey strikes Louisiana claiming 500 lives. [1] June 27 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas. [1] 1958 April 2 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado in Wichita Falls Texas (record). [1] June 22 Game in KC between Athletics and Boston Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado. [1] 1959 January 9 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die. [1] February 10 Tornado in Saint Louis kills 19 and injures 265. [1] August 17 Quake Lake is formed in Yellowstone National Park in Montana by a 7.5 rated earthquake. [1] [5] September 17 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea. [1] September 27 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000. [1] October 27 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico. [1] November 14 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii). [1] 1960 January 14 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded. [1] February 29 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 seconds. [1] April 3 Earthquake at Havré, Belgium. [1] April 24 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed. [1] May 22 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severely damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo HI at 01:04 AM. [1] August 24 A world-record low temperature (-88 degrees Celsuis, -127 degrees Fahrenheit) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica. [1] [5] 1961 January 2 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale. [1] March 13 Landslide in USSR, kills 145. [1] June 14 106 degreesF, hottest temperature in San Francisco. [1] September 15 Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph. [1] October 1 A believed extinct volcano erupts in Tristan da Cunha. [1] October 9 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic). [1] December 4 Smallest New York Knicks crowd at 49th Steet Madison Square Garden - 1,300 (due to snowstorm). [1] 1962 January 10 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Perú. [1] Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500. [1] January 11 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die. [1] February 17 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265. [1] September 1 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran. [1] 1963 March 17 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,500 Balinese. [1] May 28 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die and one million houses destroyed. [1] September 9 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy). [1] October 7 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190. [1] December 8 Three fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton MD-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die. [1] 1964 March 27 Earthquake strikes Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 9.2 on Richter scale, 131 die from earthquake and resulting tsunami; this is the most violent eathquake in US history. [1] June 16 Earthquake strikes Niigata, Japan. [1] September 12 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, causing $17.5 million damage. [1] December 23 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. [1] Year Global mean surface temperature at lowest point since 1929. [58] 1965 February 18 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia, Canada. [1] April 11 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000. [1] April 29 Earthquake hits Seattle, Washington, USA; five die. [1] May 11 First of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 in India. [1] June 2 Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges River, India). [1] June 17 28.14 cm (11.08 inches) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record). [1] July 20 46.18 cm (18.18 inches) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour record). [1] September 12 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana; kills 75. [1] September 28 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal, Phillipines). [1] December 15 Third cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouth of Ganges River, Bangladesh. [1] 1966 January 11 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain. [1] January 29 Snow storm in north-east US kills 165. [1] January 30 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C) in Corinth, Mississippi (state record). [1] -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in New Market, Alabama (state record). [1] March 3 Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die. [1] May 10 25 degrees F, lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in May. [1] July 12 26.70 cm (10.51 inches) of rainfall in Sandusky, Ohio (state record). [1] September 21 5 inches of rain falls on New York City. [1] November 4 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works. [1] November 24 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog. [1] 1967 January 14 Earthquake in Sicily kills 231. [1] February 1 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives. [1] July 29 Moderate earthquake (6.5) strikes Caracas, Venezuela causing severe damage. [1] September 4 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam, India, kills 200. [1] September 20 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38. [1] December 11 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. [1] 1968 January 31 Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32 inches), at Agata, USSR. [1] May 15 A tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA, at 10 PM, killing 36. [1] May 16 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan. [1] July 9 39.83cm (15.68 inches) of rainfall, Columbus, Mississippi (state 24-hour record). [1] July 29 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption. [1] August 31 6,000 die in 7.8 earthquake which destroys 60,000 buildings in northeast Iran. [1] December 30 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop Washington (state record). [1] 1969 April 14 Tornado strikes Dacca, East Pakistan, killing 540. [1] April 23 Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province, China. [1] August 22 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast; kills 255. [1] December 8 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, Greece; 93 killed. [1]