March 13 edit
1979: Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 flew into a thunderstorm while attempting to land at Doha International Airport, Qatar, encountering a microburst that forced the plane into the ground, killing 45 of the 64 people onboard.
1990: One of the most severe tornado outbreaks of all time struck the Great Plains, producing 4 violent tornadoes and killing 57 people.
2010: Cyclone Ului rapidly intensified to Category 5 on the Australian Scale, becoming one of the most intense storms on record in the South Pacific Ocean.
2015: Cyclone Pam began affecting the islands of Vanuatu, eventually killing 15 people.
2019: An extratropical storm system began to rapidly intensify over Colorado, bringing blizzard conditions and wind gusts as high as 97 miles per hour (156 km/h) to the state. This storm would move eastward across the Central United States, eventually causing record flooding in several states due to heavy rains and melting snow.