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The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
Canada: Ice Snowed Over Car Lot. Storms in Canada's dark, triangular region have left most in the area without power for over a month. (Photo by Christopher J. Morris/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ...
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.
Tree damage caused by the North American Ice Storm of 1998. Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3–4, 1991 [5] Ice Storm of 1994 [6] Considered one of the worst ice storms in US History. January 1998 North American ice storm; January 1999 North American ice storm
Tropical Storm Hermine (1998) Hurricane Earl (1998) ... January 1998 North American ice storm; K. 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak; M. May 15, 1998, Minnesota storms; O.
Those in the know – emergency management folks and electric company representatives – say this storm rivaled the ice storm of 1998 that people still talk about.
January 1998 North American ice storm; O. October 1998 Central Texas floods; T. Thai Airways International Flight 261; Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho;
January 4–10 – A massive winter storm, partly caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and numerous deaths. January 8 – Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.