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1970: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was formed.
1979: A rare autumn tornado hit Windsor Locks, Connecticut, the costliest tornado ever to strike the Northeastern United States.
1992: Hurricane Virgil reached peak intensity off the southwestern coast of Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (210 km/h). The storm would weaken before making landfall the next day, causing no deaths and only minor damage.
2005: Typhoon Longwang struck Fujian, China, causing major flooding that killed 147 people in the country.
2010: The storm system that would eventually become Hurricane Otto began producing torrential rains in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, eventually bringing more than 20 inches (51 cm) of rain to the US and British Virgin Islands.