May 10
edit1933: A tornado killed almost every resident of the small town of Beatty Swamps, Tennessee. Because of the destruction, the town was abandoned permanently.
1996: The film Twister was released.
1997: Maeslantkering, the largest movable storm surge barrier in the world, opened in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands.
2002: A tropical cyclone struck the coast of Oman, causing severe damage and several deaths due to drowning in flash floods.