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Black Sunday is a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl in the United States. [1] It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and caused immense economic and agricultural damage. [ 2 ]
The blizzard's intense wind gusts blowing over the warm waters of Lake Erie [6] triggered record lake-effect snow to Buffalo, New York, which at first fell as rain but later converted to snow and accumulated to 56.5 in (144 cm) over 5 days in Snyder adjacent to Buffalo, ending on December 27.
Today's top weather news for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024: Crashes and power outages are mounting as a powerful winter storm sweeps across the U.S., prompting a new Blizzard Warning in Erie, Pennsylvania.
On April 14, 1935, known as "Black Sunday", 20 of the worst "black blizzards" occurred across the entire sweep of the Great Plains, from Canada south to Texas. The storms caused extensive damage and appeared to turn day to night; witnesses reported that they could not see five feet (1.5 m) in front of them at certain points.
An Arctic blast gripped the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes on Saturday, with millions of Americans under freeze warnings. More than 17 million people were cautioned Saturday under ...
The 2021–22 North American winter was not as significant and record-breaking as the previous winter season.Despite this, several notable and significant events still occurred, including two separate record-breaking tornado outbreaks in mid-December, a significant winter storm in the South in mid-January, a powerful blizzard that impacted the Northeast coast at the end of January and a wide ...
A powerful bomb cyclone associated with a major atmospheric river is forecast to drench the West Coast, from Washington to California, this week and could potentially lead to life-threatening ...
A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. [1] Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface.