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Winter storms

  • Blizzards

Incidence

The winter storm which crossed the USA in 1993 was by many measures the storm of the century. No winter storm so intense had ever affected so vast an area inhabited by so many Americans. Meteorologists coined the term "snow-a-cane", since it combined the characteristics of a hurricane and an blizzard in one vast weather system (although it fell somewhat short of record snow falls for blizzards or wind speeds for hurricanes taken separately). The winter of 1993-94 was the occasion for 12 blizzards in the USA, shutting down rail networks, airports and many government offices and businesses.

Broader

Hurricanes
Excellent
Storms
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J1532
DOCID
12015320
D7NID
169260
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Jan 13, 2021