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The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
A four-day ice storm from November 26-29, 1921 battered central Massachusetts. [1] ... 2000s. 2002 Central Plains ice storm; North Carolina ice storm of 2002;
The Carolina Crusher was one of the most powerful winter storms on record in parts of North Carolina.The storm hit the Greater Richmond Region on January 25, 2000, causing thousands of power outages within the area leaving 11 in (280 mm) of snow in Richmond, Virginia and 20.3 in (520 mm) in Raleigh-Durham International Airport before moving out to the Atlantic Ocean.
The North Carolina ice storm of 2002 caused up to an inch of freezing rain from December 4–5 in central North Carolina. A total of 24 people were killed, and as many as 1.8 million people were left without electricity on December 6. [ 1 ]
Ice storms are disruptive enough, especially in the South before the Super Bowl.
The December 2008 Northeastern United States ice storm was a damaging ice storm that took out power for millions of people in the Northeastern United States.The storm was deemed the worst ice storm in a decade for New England [2] and the most severe ice storm in 21 years for Upstate New York. [3]
Winter storm: 29 $2 billion February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm: Western United States, Southern Plains, Deep South, Northeastern United States, Atlantic Canada, British Isles, Iceland, Faroe Islands: 2021 Winter storm: 276 ≥ $196.5 billion [9] [8] February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm
A Miller “Type E" event can be the most significant type of nor’easter with heavy snow from Canada into the Deep South and extensive flooding. The “Carolina Crusher" in January 2000 and the ...