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February 28
[edit]1966: The ESSA-2 weather satellite was launched.
2003: Cyclone Graham made landfall at Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia. One person drowned in the resulting flood.
2010: A European windstorm named Cyclone Xynthia battered Europe for the second day, causing widespread wind damage across the continent. Eventually more than €1.3 billion in damage would be attributed to the storm, and at least 51 people killed.