Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/September 26

September 26
 * 1881 – A tornado destroyed an elementary school in Miyazaki, Japan, killing 16 people.
 * 1898 – A tornado family with members up to F3 intensity hit St. Catharines and Merritton, Ontario, killing at least six people. It crossed the Niagara River at Grand Island. A later member of the tornado family injured eight people in Tonawanda, New York.
 * 1951 – Three strong tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin and Michigan. An F4 (near-F5) tornado swept away farms near Waupaca, Wisconsin. An entire family of five was killed; they were caught unawares as they worked on the northeast side of their house while the storm approached from the southwest. One other person died near Sugar Bush. Another F4 tornado killed a farmhand near Cambria, Wisconsin. One other person died in an F2 tornado north of Bitely, Michigan.