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The North American blizzard of 1996 was a severe nor'easter that paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of wind-driven snow from January 6 to January 8, 1996. The City University of New York reported that the storm "dropped 20 inches of snow, had wind gusts of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet high."
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest season on Mount Everest at the time and the third deadliest to date after the 23 fatalities resulting from avalanches caused by the ...
January 6–8, 1996 5 North American blizzard of 1996: Northeastern United States US March 31–April 1, 1997 2 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard: Midwestern United States, Central and Eastern Canada Canada, US January 2–4, 1999 4 North American blizzard of 1999: North Carolina, Virginia: US January 25, 2000 3 January 2000 North American blizzard
While the southern and eastern U.S. and Cuba received the brunt of this massive blizzard, the Storm of the Century impacted a wider area than any in recorded history. February 1995 Nor'easter blizzard February 3–6, 1995; Blizzard of 1996 January 6–10, 1996; April Fool's Day Blizzard March 31 – April 1, 1997. US East Coast
Only two historical blizzards, the 1993 Storm of the Century and the North American blizzard of 1996 are rated in the 5 "extreme" category. The scale differs from the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale and Fujita scale , which are used to classify tropical cyclones and tornadoes , respectively, in that it takes into account the number of people ...
April 16 – The NBA's 1995–1996 Chicago Bulls, with Michael Jordan's lead, go on to set a new NBA record for the most wins in a season, achieving their 70th win. April 24 – President Bill Clinton signs the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 into law. April 29 – The Broadway hit musical Rent opens at the Nederlander ...
1996 North American blizzard of 1996: Winter storm, flood Eastern United States: Including 33 deaths due to flooding 186 2011 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011: Tornado outbreak sequence Midwestern United States, Southern United States: $7,000,000,000 (2011)
A truck dumps a load of snow into the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. When it comes to notorious winter weather events throughout history, only a select few are remembered ...