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1999: American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway in a severe thunderstorm, killing 10 passengers and the pilot.

June 2

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1998: An outbreak of 47 tornadoes struck the Eastern United States. Two people were killed in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

June 3

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2010: Cyclone Phet made landfall near Al Ashkharah, Oman, causing major flooding in the desert nation.

June 4

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1958: A tornado outbreak killed 28 people in Wisconsin, including 21 deaths from a single F5 tornado.

June 5

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1972: The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began in Stockholm, Sweden.

June 6

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1973: Hurricane Ava became the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record in the Pacific Ocean.

June 7

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1997: Cyclone Keli formed in the South Pacific Ocean, the first tropical cyclone ever recorded in the month of June in that region.

June 8

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1953: On the second day of a deadly three-day tornado outbreak, an F5 tornado killed 116 people in Flint, Michigan.

June 9

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1984: A tornado outbreak struck the Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions of Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing more than 400 people.

June 10

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1682: The first known tornado in the history of Connecticut caused severe tree damage in the southwestern part of the state.

June 11

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1979: A tropical depression formed over the Caribbean Sea south of Grand Cayman. The storm produced torrential rainfall over Jamaica, including up to 32 inches (810 mm) in Westmoreland Parish.

June 12

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2004: Tropical Storm Chanthu made landfall in central Vietnam, killing 39 people.

June 13

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1968: Hurricane Abby dissipated east of Virginia.

June 14

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2018: Hurricane Bud made landfall as a weak tropical storm in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

June 15

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1991: Typhoon Yunya struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines, the same day that Mount Pinatubo erupted catastrophically.

June 16

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1974: Hurricane Dolores made landfall near Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, causing widespread flooding and landslides that killed 18 people.

June 17

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2010: Forty-eight tornadoes touched down in Minnesota, the most ever recorded in a single day in that state.

June 18

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2001: A tornado struck the small village of Siren, Wisconsin. Ironically, the community's only tornado siren was out of service, so many residents had no warning of the incoming storm. Three people were killed, and 16 injured.

June 19

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1919: A violent tornado killed 57 people in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

June 20

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2011: An outbreak of 37 tornadoes struck the Central United States, including five EF3 tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska.

June 21

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2007: Cyclone Yemyin developed east of India, eventually crossing the Deccan Plateau to the Arabian Sea and making a second landfall in Pakistan. Almost 1000 people were killed in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

June 22

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1919: A tornado killed 57 people in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

June 23

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2016: A rare violent tornado struck Jiangsu Province, China, killing 99 people.

June 24

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1996: Hurricane Alma drifted just off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán, producing heavy rains and winds of up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) which would kill 20 people.

June 25

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1974: A subtropical storm moved across the Florida Peninsula, causing major flooding that killed 3 people.

June 26

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2012: The Waldo Canyon Fire advanced into Colorado Springs, Colorado, destroying over 300 homes and killing two people. It was part of a series of wildfires in Colorado caused by record heat and dry thunderstorms that summer.

June 27

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1957: Hurricane Audrey, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones to strike the United States in the 20th century, killed 419 people and caused more than US$150,000,000 (equivalent to about $1,630,000,000 in 2023) in damage in Louisiana and Texas.

June 28

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1924: A violent tornado killed 85 people in Lorain and Sandusky, Ohio, making it the deadliest tornado in the state's history.

June 29

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1865: A tornado killed at least 17 people in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

June 30

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2011: Tropical Storm Arlene moved ashore on Veracruz, Mexico, bringing flooding, landslides, and high winds that killed 18 people.