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The storm was given various unofficial names, including Winter Storm Jonas, Blizzard of 2016, and Snowzilla. Seven states observed snowfall in excess of 30 in (76 cm), with accumulations peaking at 42 in (110 cm) in Glengary, West Virginia. Ice- and snow-covered roads led to hundreds of incidents across the affected region, several of which ...
A winter storm moves through the Midwest, on March 23.. The winter of 2015–16 was quite unusual and historic in terms of winter weather. First, around the end of November near Black Friday, a crippling ice storm hit the Southern and Central Plains with as much as 1.5 inches (38 mm) of ice accumulation in some areas, knocking out power to over 100,000 residents. [5]
2016 Hurricane: 49 $15.090 billion Hurricane Matthew: Florida, Georgia, The Carolinas: 2016 Flood: 13 2016 Louisiana floods: Louisiana: 2016 Flood: 23 2016 West Virginia flood: West Virginia: 2016 Blizzard: 55 ≥$500 million – $3 billion January 2016 United States blizzard: Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
The weekend massive snowstorm has led to more than 6,000 canceled flights and caused at least 10 deaths.
On October 20, 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center issued its U.S. Winter Outlook. A La Niña was expected to influence winter conditions, and the CPC noted that such conditions were likely to either develop in the late fall or early winter.
The National Weather Service said Washington, D.C., itself could get as much as 29 inches by Sunday night.
Although the largest snow totals were expected in rural areas, cities such as Denver, Omaha and Des Moines could get between 6 inches and a foot of snow.
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