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The roof was flat, which allowed the snow to collect on it. The theatre was showing the movie Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. During the movie's intermission, the heavy, wet snow split the roof down the middle, bringing down the balcony as well as a portion of the weakened brick wall. Army Major George S. Patton was called upon to lead the rescue ...
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
Record snowfall fell in Des Moines on January 9, with 8.3 in (21 cm) of snow, with the event total being 11.2 in (28 cm). Portions of Iowa recorded 15 in (38 cm) of snow. [ 14 ] Snow was lighter in the Chicago metropolitan area , with a peak of around 3.5 in (8.9 cm); [ 15 ] the snowfall resulted in a ground stop at Chicago O'Hare International ...
More than 20 inches of snow fell in Chapman, Kansas, the storm’s top total. The 14.1 inches of snow in Topeka, Kansas, recorded on Sunday is the third-largest calendar day of snowfall on record ...
The first winter storm of the season is expected to produce between six and 12 inches of snow across the Mid-Atlantic, including in Washington, D.C., forecasters warned Monday.
The storm dropped to a pressure of 27.82 inches of mercury (942 mb), likely the strongest storm ever measured off the coast of Washington State. Over a foot of snow fell at several locations in ...
On the 21st, a 79-year-old woman was killed after a snow-packed aluminum patio roof collapsed on her. On the 19th, a 24-year-old man was injured when his leg was trapped under the debris of a porch collapse. The worst building collapse occurred in a warehouse near the old Navy Yard. Damage to the roof and goods was 3.5 million dollars.
Farther west, in Cincinnati, the storm total has hit 10.4 inches. Baltimore and Washington, D.C. both reported moderate to heavy snow with visibility of a half mile or less at times early this ...