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A moment in history: Aug. 29, 1987

Summary by taproot.news
On this day in 1987, Edmonton's recent Black Friday tornado was being declared the most expensive natural disaster in Canadian history. Several weeks after the infamous tornado tore through the city's eastern end, a vice-president of Canada's Insurance Bureau estimated insured losses caused by the storm at $250 million. The final cost is now estimated at around $330 million in 1987 dollars, or $700 million adjusted for inflation. Meteorologists …
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