The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day_Storm_of_1962" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Columbus Day Storm of 1962">Columbus Day Storm</a> strikes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pacific Northwest">U.S. Pacific Northwest</a> with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230<span id="mw0A" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million in damages and 46 people died.