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In 1898, Eastern Wisconsin experienced their worst snowstorm on record. Racine was buried under 2.5 feet while drifts around Milwaukee measured as high as 15 FEET.

In 1953, A snowstorm that walloped Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota produced drifts as high as 10 FEET that derailed trains.

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In 2016, Super Typhoon Winston made landfall in the island nation of Fiji with satellite estimated 10-minute sustained winds as high as 145 mph and 1-minute sustained speeds as high as 180 mph. Winston was the 11th South Pacific tropical cyclone to join the "Category 5 Fraternity" and the first such typhoon to hit Fiji. Winston had a central pressure that was as low as 915 millibars which equates to 27.02 inches in mercury. Winston was, in terms of central pressure, the 7th most powerful typhoon to occur in the South Pacific Ocean since reliable records began in 1970. There were 44 confirmed fatalities and around $500 million damage. Six islands lost communications; a few of which were isolated for 2 days.

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