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March 2010 nor'easter: Alaska, Western Canada, Contiguous United States, Eastern Canada, Northern Europe, Russia: Canada, Russia, UK, US December 27, 2010 2 December 2010 North American blizzard: Central United States, Southeastern US, New England, Northeastern Mexico, Great Lakes, Eastern Canada Canada, Mexico, US January 31 – February 2, 2011 5
The 10 Worst Nor’easters in Recorded History Newsday LLC - Getty Images A nor’easter storm develops within 100 miles of the East Coast and moves toward land.
Compass card (1607), featuring the spelling "Noreast" The term nor'easter came to American English by way of British English.Early recorded uses of the contraction nor (for north) in combinations such as nor'-east and nor-nor-west, as reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, date to the late 16th century, as in John Davis's 1594 The Seaman's Secrets: "Noreast by North raiseth a degree in ...
World's worst natural disasters since 1900; Earthquake Hazards Program – USGS; EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database managed by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters; Disasters Database Report from Emergency Management Australia
The 1993 Storm of the Century (also known as the 93 Superstorm, The No Name Storm, or the Great Blizzard of '93/1993) was a cyclonic storm, or nor'easter, that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993.
Drivers are being warned of chaos on roads over the Easter weekend, with as many as 18.5 million car trips planned at the start of school holidays.. Those setting out on their journeys are likely ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
In a 2007 article, the National Weather Service estimated that this nor'easter dumped as much as 50 inches (130 cm) of snow in parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts, while parts of New Jersey and New York had up to 40 inches (100 cm). [2] Most of northern Vermont received from 20 inches (51 cm) to 30 inches (76 cm). [6]