Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for March 29, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Volcanoes
El Chichon, Mexico erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. It killed 1,879 people, left 1,755 missing and did $3.3 million in damage. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Madison County, Mississippi and tracked 22.3 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 177.
Other weather
The 2013 Gyama Mine Landslide occurred on 29 March 2013 at about 06:00 local time. 83 people were trapped in the Gyama Mine (甲玛矿区) in Maizhokunggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Murray, Cottonwood, Brown counties, Minnesota and tracked 73.5 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 19.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Pulaski, Lonoke counties, Arkansas and tracked 17.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 64.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Sardo, Ethiopia. It killed 40 people, injured 160 and did $320,000 in damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Nodaway, Page counties, Missouri and tracked 18.8 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Assumption Parish, Louisiana and tracked 2.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Paincourtville, LA.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Concordia Parish, Louisiana and tracked 2.7 miles, 75 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Turtle Lake to SW Ferriday, LA.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Copiah, Simpson, Rankin counties, Mississippi and tracked 126.5 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Whiteside County, Illinois and tracked 5.1 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest.
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An F2 tornado touched down in Defiance County, Ohio and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Defiance, OH.
An F2 tornado touched down in Jefferson, St. Clair counties, Alabama and tracked 12 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Birmingham/S Argo/S Springville, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Concordia Parish, Louisiana and tracked 2.7 miles, 75 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Turtle Lake to SW Ferriday, LA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Assumption Parish, Louisiana and tracked 2.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Paincourtville, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana and tracked 15.3 miles, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Bogalusa/Lees Creek, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana and tracked 0.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Amite, LA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Madison County, Mississippi and tracked 22.3 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 177.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pulaski, Lonoke counties, Arkansas and tracked 17.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 64.
An F4 tornado touched down in Copiah, Simpson, Rankin counties, Mississippi and tracked 126.5 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cleburne County, Arkansas and tracked 16.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
An F4 tornado touched down in Nodaway, Page counties, Missouri and tracked 18.8 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20.
An F3 tornado touched down in Union, Madison, Warren counties, Iowa and tracked 57 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Taylor County, Iowa and tracked 29.6 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Whiteside County, Illinois and tracked 5.1 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cobb County, Georgia and tracked 5 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, injuring 25.
An F1 tornado touched down in Talladega County, Alabama and tracked 1 miles, 73 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 13.
The public reported golfball-size hail in Plainview. No significant damage was reported.
Widespread severe weather across Oklahoma and western north Texas caused extensive damage on March 29th and 30th, 1993. In Oklahoma, baseball-size hail, flash flooding, and high winds caused $1 million to $2 million in damage in Waurika. Several weak tornadoes also caused damage in Lincoln and McClain Counties. Over western north Texas, hail larger than baseballs fell at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, and baseball-size hail fell in Crowell.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A thunderstorm developed near Kingman and moved northeast toward Newton and Marion. It initially produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph, then dropped 1.00-inch diameter hail. Little damage resulted.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bradley County, Tennessee and tracked 4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 50.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hamilton County, Tennessee and tracked 8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 44.
In Hamilton county...the tornado first touched down in the Tiftonia community just west of downtown Chattanooga around 1:10 am EDT. As the tornado moved due east across the southern part of the county, 50 homes were completely destroyed.
The severe thunderstorm that spawned a tornado earlier in Hamilton and Bradley counties created another in eastern Polk county. One mobile home was destroyed and fifteen homes were damaged. The damage was concentrated in the Grassy Creek area a few miles southwest of Ducktown.
A brief F1 tornado touchdown knocked trees down. A mobile home was picked up onto another mobile home. The second floor of a house was gone. The length, width and damage were estimated.
An F4 tornado touched down in Murray, Cottonwood, Brown counties, Minnesota and tracked 73.5 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 19.
Tornado moving through southern Brown county brushed extreme northwest Watonwan county. See Brown county narrative.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nicollet County, Minnesota and tracked 12 miles, 2,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Le Sueur County, Minnesota and tracked 6 miles, 2,200 yards wide at its widest.
A strong tornado which began in Murray County tracked across Cottonwood County and then further northeast. The tornado destroyed numerous farms, farm equipment, buildings, trees, power lines and poles, vehicles, and other structures in its path.
Hail the size of dimes to as large as tennis balls was reported by storm spotters and law enforcement officials across parts of southeast Minnesota. The city of Rochester was especially hit hard with significant hail damage to cars and trucks.
A tornado destroyed buildings...trees in shelter belts...and numerous pieces of farm equipment...and killed two cattle.
Dime to golf ball size hail was reported by storm spotters and law enforcement officials. A tornado touched down briefly near Maxville, but no injuries or damage was reported.
A tornado destroyed farm buildings...uprooted numerous trees...and overturned a tractor trailer.
A tornado damaged trees and destroyed old farm buildings.
A tornado damaged trees and destroyed old farm buildings.
More than 85 homes were damaged in three neighborhoods, knocking power out to 10,000 thousand of residents.
Large trees and power lines were blown down. Several home with roof damage.
Citrus county emergency management reported that a F0 tornado initially touched down near East Bryant Street and North Croft Avenue, two miles south-southwest of Hernando, and sporadically touched down as it moved northeast across mixed residential neighborhoods near U.S.
National Weather Service damage survey indicated that a high end F0 tornado, that averaged 50 yards in width, touched down and caused heavy roof damage to a mobile home along West Jennifer Court, east of County Road 495.
The Pasco county emergency management reported that a tornado touched down three miles southwest of Dade City and caused minor to moderate roof and lanai damage to homes along Roberts Road between Smith Road and County Road 41.
Widespread damage occurred across Eastland. The worst damage was in the east and south parts of town. Roof damage occurred to at least 150 homes. There were numerous reports of broken windows and damage to cars.
A tornado first touched down at a cemetary just west of Red Hill. The F1 tornado travelled on a near due east path crossing CR 14 (Warrenton Road), a small ridge and SR 79. The tornado then climbed another ridge downing trees.
An upper low pressure system situated to the west brought large scale lift to north Texas. Southerly winds brought deep rich moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. These and other factors caused numerous thunderstorms to develop.
Showers and thunderstorms developed during the morning hours over central Oklahoma. During the afternoon hours, thunderstorms began to show brief, but persistent signs of rotation, that later resulted in three tornadoes.
Showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward moving cold front on the 29th. Van Zandt and Hopkins Counties had reports of large hail, high winds, and flooding as the boundary wavered in the area on the 30th.
An EF1 tornado with peak winds of 85 to 95 mph touched down in northern Lancaster County between Lititz and Ephrata. The tornado produced widespread damage and caused three minor injuries.
Upper level disturbances moving over a very warm and unstable airmass produced numerous reports of severe weather, as well as isolated flash flooding.
Intense thunderstorms raked the highly populated McAllen/Edinburg/Mission area of Hidalgo County during the mid-evening of March 29th.
A line of thunderstorms moved across southeast Texas during the morning and afternoon hours and produced several tornadoes, hail, wind damage and some flooding.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed over Louisiana late in the evening on March 29th and quickly moved into Mississippi. These thunderstorms produced widespread severe wind gusts which blew down trees and caused damage to homes and other structures.
A slow moving upper level disturbance and cold front produced widespread thunderstorms and heavy rain. Some storms became severe and flooding also occurred.
A slow moving upper level disturbance and cold front produced widespread thunderstorms and heavy rain. Some storms became severe and flooding also occurred.
A squall line which originally developed over West Texas during the late morning and early afternoon hours on March 28th ahead of a closed low over Central New Mexico, marched east across much of Texas during the afternoon and evening hours along the eastward advancing dryline,…
A moist and unstable air mass moved into the region ahead of a cold front while an upper level disturbance pushed over the area. Heavy rain and severe weather occurred through the morning as the front moved through.
A messy complex of storms moved through the region during the overnight hours. The storms were largely below severe limits but a bowing segment produced wind damage |and a brief tornado in Rockwall County.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the late evening of the 29th, ahead of an approaching cold front as a strong upper level disturbance translated into the Southern Plains.
A series of upper disturbances and a slow moving cold front created multiple days of stormy weather across portions of Louisiana. Severe weather and flooding occurred.
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Hurricane Prema reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph), a category 4 storm.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zuman was the fourteenth named storm of the 1997–98 South Pacific cyclone season. It was first noted as a tropical disturbance on 28 March, and it gradually developed further over the next day before being named Zuman on 30 March.
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Hurricane Courtney reached its peak of 128 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 932 mb, a category 4 storm.
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Every town in Columbia County reported road closures due to flooding, as wellas numerous homes damaged by flooded basements.
A northward returning warm front across northeast Texas into southwest Arkansas produced scattered severe thunderstorms across the region.
A weak frontal boundary drifted northward into South Central Texas producing thunderstorms which caused large hail, strong winds and flash flooding in Atascosa County.
A low pressure system sat just south of Long Island for two days, bringing heavy rain to much of Southern New England during that time. A persistent southerly low level jet brought very moist air into the area, which resulted in high rainfall rates.
A low pressure system sat just south of Long Island for two days, bringing heavy rain to much of Southern New England during that time. A persistent southerly low level jet brought very moist air into the area, which resulted in high rainfall rates.
An area of low pressure developed over southeast Louisiana and moved east along a warm front which stretched across southeast Mississippi. This eventually caused a strong cold front to sweep through the region with numerous showers and thunderstorms.
An area of low pressure over southeast Louisiana moved east along a warm front into southeast Mississippi through the period. This was followed by the passage of a strong cold front.
An elderly woman drowned near DeSoto (Vernon County) during the night of March 29th. The woman wandered away from her home near Blackhawk Park and was swept away by flood waters from the Mississippi River.
An upper level system moved across the area very slowly on March 29th. The flow pattern in the upper levels were quite conducive for sustained thunderstorm growth.
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Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
Two prolific hail-producing thunderstorms dropped hail as large as baseballs and grapefruits across parts of central and east-central Wisconsin during the late morning and afternoon of March 29. It was the worst hailstorm ever, in terms of damage, to strike the Appleton area.
Damage occurred to vehicles throughout the town.
High winds around 75 mph tore the roof off a restaurant in Coffeyville.
Large hail broke many windows, and damaged vehicles, siding, and roofs.
Thunderstorm winds damaged grain bins and other farm structures, blew the wall of a garage, moved another garage off its foundation, blew off shingles, and caused other minor building and tree damage.
The fire department in Warrington measured a thunderstorm downburst wind gust of 65 mph at 430 pm CST. The strong winds associated with this downburst produced a large area of wind damage in the Warrington area.
Numerous downed trees and power lines from east Panama City to Parker and Calloway. Scattered power outages affected nearly 6,000 customers. A service station at East Avenue and U.S.
March 28-29, 2000 - Event NarrativeSevere thunderstorms developed rapidly late the afternoon of the 28th just ahead a a dry line from near Henrietta to Breckenridge, and between Brownwood and Burnett.
Trees and powerlines down which damaged homes in the Highland and Queensboro areas of town.
Thunderstorm winds lifted a roof off a shopping center at State Road 55 and County Road 349 in Old Town. Trees and power lines down with scattered power outages and debris littered over numerous county roads near Jena, Cross City and Horseshoe Beach.
Levy county emergency management officials reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and branches, caused moderate to major roof damage to 13 mobile homes and minor damage to another 30, in the Hideaway Park mobile home complex along County Road 320 near…
Vehicles were damaged by large hail.
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds across portions of the Lower Susquehanna Valley during the afternoon and evening hours.
A cold front which followed an unseasonably warm and humid late March day helped trigger severe thunderstorms across Eastern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and early evening of the 29th.
A vigorous cold front swept through the Intermountain West on the 29th producing winds of forty to sixty MPH and leaving damage to parts of Boise and the Upper Treasure Valley fo Idaho.
A strong upper level trough moving across the region brought three rounds of severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds to southwest Louisiana. The first round consisted of one supercell thunderstorm that moved across Acadia and St.
An upper level disturbance over Mexico combined with an unstable air mass over the South Texas to provide a couple of areas of severe thunderstorms on March 29th. Severe thunderstorms developed over the Coastal Bend along the sea-breeze boundary.
A band of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that approached West Central Florida on the afternoon of the 29th. Some of the stronger storms produced damaging wind gusts, hail of up to one inch, and heavy rain.
A strong, nearly vertically stacked low moved into the western Great Lakes. Downstream of the low, a warm front moved northeast across the area during the morning, followed by a pre-frontal trough which entered Western NY early in the afternoon, then reached the western Finger…
Strong northwest winds developed in the morning behind a departing cold front. The surface low continued to deepen across the Canadian Maritimes to the northeast increasing the pressure gradient forcing.
A cold front passed through southern New England on the evening of March 28th. The next morning, on the 29th, a strong upper level short wave trough moved through New England, with a reinforcing shot of cold air.
A dryline and cold front moved through North and Central Texas, with storms developing along and ahead of the boundaries. Some storms were able to become severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. The largest hail stone was 2 inches and fell in Comanche County.
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A strong surface high pressure area over New England pushed a shallow layer of subfreezing air into the northern tier of Maryland late on the 28th.
A series of disturbances within a moist southwest flow brought heavy snow and strong winds to much of western Colorado.
A strong winter storm produced heavy snowfall over the Wasatch Range, while the associated cold front brought strong winds to much of the state of Utah.
Low pressure moved across the Tennessee Valley to the Atlantic and then northeast along the coast. Precipitation began as rain across the region then changed to a brief period of freezing rain before changing to all snow.
One person was killed in a two vehicle crash that occurred on icy roads south of Dorchester (Clark County). Light freezing rain fell for a short period during the morning of March 29th and created the icy roads.
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Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 13 to 15 degrees above normal with Minor to Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for 2 individuals had heat played a factor, one in Tucson and one in Sells.
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Clear Spring 1ENE recorded 31 inches, Maryland’s all-time maximum 24-hour snowfall, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Fk 1817 Fire started on March 29, 1984, in California, and burned 1,464 acres.
The Turnriver Fire started on March 29, 1986, in Florida, and burned 1,471 acres.
The Dora Fire started on March 29, 1989, in New Mexico, and burned 1,332 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 29, 1991, in Kansas, and burned 1,873 acres.
The Enron Fire was discovered on March 29, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fraze Fire was discovered on March 29, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 1,500 acres.
The Corp Fire was discovered on March 29, 1993, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,284 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Olna Fire was discovered on March 29, 1997, in New Mexico, and burned 2,500 acres.
The Hulah Fire was discovered on March 29, 2002, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,035 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 29, 2002, in Kansas, and burned 1,817 acres.
The Okesa Rd Fire was discovered on March 29, 2002, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,760 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Canada Fire was discovered on March 29, 2003, in Roseau County, Minnesota, and burned 15,000 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Webber Fire was discovered on March 29, 2004, in Gila County, Arizona, and burned 4,311 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Sand Creek Fire was discovered on March 29, 2005, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,376 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 29, 2006, in Searcy County, Arkansas, and burned 1,340 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Farco Mine Fire was discovered on March 29, 2009, in Webb County, Texas, and burned 2,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Strong and cold low pressure over the Gulf of Alaska on the 29th dropped slowly south and into the region on the 31st.
The Antelope Hopkins Hill Fire was discovered on March 29, 2012, in Chouteau County, Montana, and burned 2,800 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Huckabee Fire was discovered on March 29, 2013, in Florida, and burned 20,300 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Kerrick Wildfire began approximately 1418CST about ten miles southwest of Griggs Oklahoma in extreme northeastern Dallam county Texas. The wildfire started just west of U.S. Highway 287 near Farm to Market Road 807 and consumed an estimated five acres.
The Bledsoe 1 Fire was reported on March 29, 2016, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 3,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Oxcart Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Polk County, Minnesota, and burned 12,540 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Javine Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 9,977 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Dry Creek CA Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Jones County, South Dakota, and burned 9,911 acres.
The Divide CA Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Perkins County, South Dakota, and burned 9,428 acres.
The and Road L Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Lyon County, Kansas, and burned 3,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 481st Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Creek County, Oklahoma, and burned 3,232 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Biesterfeld Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Ransom County, North Dakota, and burned 3,091 acres.
The Whitehorn Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,560 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Schroeder Fire was reported on March 29, 2021, in Pennington County, South Dakota, and burned 2,224 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
A strong storm system brought extreme fire weather conditions to north central Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours of March 29th.
The Canadian River Bottom Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Roberts County, Texas, and burned 39,568 acres.
The Washita River Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, and burned 37,662 acres.
The North Branch Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Jewell County, Kansas, and burned 10,647 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Garfield Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Pawnee County, Kansas, and burned 6,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The North Herring Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Hutchinson County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Blackwater Draw Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, and burned 1,482 acres.
The SE 226 and SE E Rd Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Hodgeman County, Kansas, and burned 1,360 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Rocky Point Fire was reported on March 29, 2022, in Marion County, Florida, and burned 1,300 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The North Drum Fire was reported on March 29, 2023, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 8,330 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Keeler Fire was reported on March 29, 2023, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,408 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Little Laurel Creek Fire was reported on March 29, 2024, in Martin County, Kentucky, and burned 1,335 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Lamar Bennett Trail Fire was reported on March 29, 2026, in Ware County, Georgia, and burned 1,279 acres.
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An earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Nabulus, Israel. It killed 20 people.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Karakelong Island, Talaud Islands, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Spain. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Sardo, Ethiopia. It killed 40 people, injured 160 and did $320,000 in damage.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Off Coast, Peru. It injured 1 and destroyed 5 houses.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck La Habra, Brea, Fullerton, California, United States. It did $10.8 million in damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Khatlon, Tajikistan.
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Askja, Iceland erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5.
Semeru, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 1 person.
El Chichon, Mexico erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. It killed 1,879 people, left 1,755 missing and did $3.3 million in damage. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Karakelong, Talaud Islands, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 4 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea, with a maximum water height of 0.5 meters.
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A G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm began March 29, 1940, reached Kp 9- and lasted 81 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 189; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 42 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began March 29, 1941, reached Kp 8- and lasted 45 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 85; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began March 29, 1943, reached Kp 7 and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 38; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began March 29, 1957, reached Kp 8- and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 77; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began March 29, 1990, reached Kp 8 and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 69; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A cluster of early spring thunderstorms with powerful lightning damaged a church, three homes, and the State Police barracks in Gray. One of the homes sustained more than $200,000 in damages from a fire which was caused by the lightning stroke.
A fire inspector for the State Fire Marshal's office determined that lightning lightning struck and ignited a fire at a group home on the 3400 block of Drance Street in Charlotte Harbor.
A 27 foot boat was broadsided by a 7 foot wave southwest of the entrance to Oceanside Harbor. The fifteen occupants were thrown into the water. Two men suffered major injuries, three others had minor injuries.
Four persons were overtaken by a strong current at the beach in Barrio Guaniquilla in Aguada. Three were rescued by fishermen, one drowned.
A non-severe thunderstorm produced a lightning strike that killed a high school athlete.
The 2013 Gyama Mine Landslide occurred on 29 March 2013 at about 06:00 local time. 83 people were trapped in the Gyama Mine (甲玛矿区) in Maizhokunggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Large breaking waves of heights between 10 and 15 feet produced strong rip currents, minor beach erosion and localized coastal flooding.
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