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In all, the storm resulted in 318 deaths, and caused $5.5 billion (1993 USD) in damages. The greatest recorded snowfall amounts were at Mount Le Conte in Tennessee , where 56 inches (140 cm) of snow fell, and Mount Mitchell in North Carolina , the tallest mountain in eastern North America, where 50 inches (130 cm) was measured to fall and 15 ...
Like 1992, the 1993 tornado season was unusually late. While April and May saw less activity than normal, June again was very busy with 313 tornadoes and July saw 242. Fall was very quiet and saw no large outbreaks. 1993 was also the first year since 1989 to be without an F5 tornado.
The Braer Storm of January 1993 explosively deepened to a record low of 913 mbar (hPa). Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb, [1] [2] [3] meteorological bomb, [4] explosive development, [1] bomb cyclone, [5] [6] or bombogenesis [7] [8] [9]) is the rapid deepening of an extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area.
It's been 10 years since Superstorm Sandy hit New York and New Jersey, killing dozens and destroying hundreds of homes. CBS New York is releasing a documentary looking back at one of the biggest ...
The term superstorm was employed in 1993 by the US National Weather Service to describe a Nor'easter in March of that year. [3] The term is most frequently used to describe a weather pattern that is as destructive as a hurricane , but which exhibits the cold-weather patterns of a winter storm .
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Pages in category "1993 natural disasters" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
At the Jersey Shore, the main defense mustered against another Superstorm Sandy is unimaginable amounts of sand. Superstorm Sandy 10 years later: Quadrillion buckets of sand, $500M, yet future ...