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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.
Cyclonic blizzard Eastern United States: $6,650,000,000 (2008) Additional 110 deaths in other countries 202 1896 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane: Tropical cyclone Landfall at Cedar Key, Florida; $9,600,000 in 1896 ($289,000,000 in 2018) Heavy damage along much of Eastern Seaboard of U.S. 201 1966 North American blizzard of 1966: Blizzard Eastern ...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency at 12:00 p.m. EST on February 8, and banned vehicles from all public roads after 4:00 p.m.; it was the first statewide driving ban in Massachusetts since the Blizzard of 1978, which happened to strike the region exactly 35 years and 1 day earlier. The ban, issued via executive ...
December 23–24, 1811. Severe blizzard conditions reported on Long Island, in New York City, and southern New England. Strong winds and tides caused damage to shipping in harbor. [18] Luminous Blizzard of 1817. January 17, 1817. In Massachusetts and Vermont, a severe snowstorm was accompanied by frequent lightning and heavy thunder. St.
Flood waters that ravaged a tiny coastal Massachusetts town during this week's blizzard have frozen over to leave the village encrusted in ice. Flood waters that ravaged a tiny coastal ...
On January 3, blizzard warnings were issued for a large swath of the coast, ranging from Norfolk, Virginia all the way up to Maine. Several states, including North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts declared states of emergency due to the powerful storm. Hundreds of flights were canceled ahead of the blizzard.
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A schooner wrecked near Rocky Point, Plymouth in the Blizzard of 1805. "At the same time [of the wrecking of Hibernia] a schooner, name unknown, was drove on shore at a short distance from where the ship [Hibernia] was struck, and immediately went to pieces. It is feared every soul on board was lost." [7] Unknown vessel 14 December 1767