![]() Some of them provided rides home to stranded motorists. White out snow storm drivers#Police were encouraging drivers to abandon their vehicles. The paper reports that 23.2 inches of snow had accumulated. Columbia Tribune: So far Columbia, Missouri was one of the hardest hit areas. The mayor's chief of staff said, "When all is said and done it will be a normal winter storm." Louis and Kansas City was closed, as was I-44 from the Oklahoma line to Joplin. The snow caused the roof of the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel to collapse. Tulsa World: Tulsa saw 14 inches of snow, which set a 24-hour record. Kansas City Sta r: I-70 was closed so the American Red Cross had to open a shelter so stranded motorists could have some food and a place to sleep. ![]() But here are some preliminary headlines from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois and Michigan, which have gotten hit hardest today: ET: The storm is now hitting Chicago and its vicinity hard. But we'll be back bright and early to survey the scene in Illinois and the northeast. So make sure to hit the refresh button to see the latest. Throughout the day, we'll keep this post updated. The storm will bring with it heavy snow - Chicago alone is expected to receive two feet of snow in 24 hours, - bitter cold, ice and even tornados. The Weather Channel reports that by the time this massive winter storm has worked its way from Colorado to New England, it will have affected 100 million people - that's a third of the U.S. The first half of a two-part winter storm is expected to drop up to a foot of snow in parts of New England Tuesday before a second storm slams into the area Wednesday. The 1996 storm claimed the lives of 154 people, many of whom died in car accidents, and the ensuing floods killed 33 more.William Chisholm, 2, slides down a snow bank in front of his house as he mother, Tara looks on and his younger sister Ilona, 13 months, helps her mom shovel using a rake in Cohassett, Mass. Temperatures rose quickly in the wake of the nor’easter, and rivers and streams surged with the sudden meltdown. By the time it subsided, it had deposited between 17 and 30 inches of wind-driven snow on every city along the Eastern seaboard. Over the next few days, the storm made its way northeast, breaking records along the way. On the evening of January 6, snow and sleet began hammering Washington, D.C., Baltimore and surrounding areas. It started in typical fashion, as cold air from Canada pushed down and collided with relatively warm winds from the Gulf of Mexico. While not technically a blizzard, the “Blizzard of 1996” paralyzed an immense swath of the East Coast with three days of heavy, wet snow. Snowdrifts covering parked cars on 110th Street after more than 20 inches of snow fell in two days in New York City in 1996. On the Atlantic seaboard, hurricane-force winds stirred up mammoth swells, and more than 15 homes were swept out to sea on the eastern shore of Long Island. It dumped several feet of snow on regions that typically see less than an inch of powder a year, forcing officials to scrape together winter emergency plans. states and much of eastern Canada, reaching as far south as Jacksonville, Florida. But that didn’t stop them from falling-and with a vengeance. For the first time, governors could declare a state of emergency before a single snowflake fell. Sophisticated computer models allowed the National Weather Service to issue a severe storm warning two days in advance. weather forecasting not long before the mighty blizzard struck. Those staggering numbers might have been far worse, however, were it not for significant advances in U.S. ![]() March 12-15, 1993Ĩ Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Were OverturnedĬausing 300 deaths and $6 to $10 billion in damages, the “Storm of the Century” lived up to the hype. An estimated 100 people perished in this crushing nor’easter. Meanwhile, severe flooding damaged or destroyed homes on the Long Island Sound and Cape Cod Bay. In Massachusetts and Rhode Island, record snowfalls left residents without heat, water or electricity for more than a week roughly 10,000 took refuge in shelters. Massive snowdrifts trapped families in their homes and workers in their offices. The storm pummeled gridlocked highways, forcing drivers and passengers to abandon their cars or be buried along with them. Later that day, hurricane-force winds and whiteout conditions took them by surprise. On February 5, when snowflakes failed to materialize in the pre-dawn hours as meteorologists had predicted, many people chalked it up to faulty forecasting and went about their lives. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty ImagesĪ week after Ohio experienced its worst winter storm in history, the Northeast got its own taste of nature’s wrath. Vehicles snowbound on Route 128 South in Massachusetts in the aftermath of a massive blizzard on February 8, 1978.ĭavid L. ![]()
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