March 4
edit1899: Cyclone Mahina, the deadliest tropical cyclone in Australian history, killed more than 400 in Far North Queensland.
1910: The deadliest avalanche in Canadian history killed 62 people near Rogers Pass, British Columbia.
1960: A nor'easter brought 31.3 inches (80 cm) of snow to Nantucket, Massachusetts, the most on record for the island.
1992: Cyclone Esau made landfall on New Caledonia, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to do so.
2010: The GOES 15 geostationary weather satellite was launched.
2012: Several avalanches struck the Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan, killing more than 50 people.