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The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, [2] or Children's Blizzard, [3] hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths , it is the world's 10th deadliest winter storm on record.
In mid-January 1888, a severe cold wave passed through the northern regions of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of the United States, then considered to be the northwestern region of the nation. It led to a blizzard for the northern Plains and upper Mississippi valley where many children were trapped in schoolhouses where they froze to death.
1888 Blizzard: 400 Great Blizzard of 1888: Northeast Fatalities estimated 1888 Cold wave: Unknown 1888 Northwest Cold Wave: Northwest 1871 Wildfire: 1,500 – 2,500 Peshtigo fire: Wisconsin: Deadliest firestorm in United States history 1862 Flood >5,000 $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD) Great Flood of 1862
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3 ]
All 23 fatalities due to a single tornado; 3 of the deaths were children 23 2019 2019 El Paso shooting: Mass shooting: El Paso, Texas: 23 2021 February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm: Winter storm Contiguous United States: Additional six deaths in Mexico 23 2022 Hurricane Fiona: Tropical cyclone Puerto Rico: 23–25 2020
Despite this, the Kiwis, especially children, weren't disrupted by the snowstorms. [61] [62] 2012. Early 2012 European cold wave – As of February 11, 2012, at least 590 people died during a cold snap with temperatures falling below −35 °C (−31 °F) in some regions. [63] In Ukraine, over 100 deaths were attributed to the cold. [64] 2013
1888 Great Blizzard of 1888: weather 100–200 [43] [44] 1918 Malbone Street Wreck: rail 93–102 [45] [46] 1962 American Airlines Flight 1: aircraft 95 [47] 1990 Happy Land fire: fire 87 [48] 1899 Windsor Hotel fire: fire 86 [49] [i] 1965 Eastern Air Lines Flight 663: aircraft 84 [50] 1950 Kew Gardens train crash: rail 78 [51] 1932 Observation ...
1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of ...