Category: Famous Snowstorms

Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods and mudslides. In Alabama, people seeking shelter from tornadoes huddled in community shelters, protective masks covering their faces to guard against the new coronavirus…....

ULAN BATOR, April 11 (Reuters) – Mongolia’s worst snow storm this winter has killed 11 people and rescue workers are battling severe conditions to search for nine others still missing, civil defence officials said on Wednesday. The storm, which started last Thursday, brought winds of up to 144 kph (90 mph) and about one metre (3.3 feet) of snow, blocking...

Up to two feet (60 cm) of snow, blustery winds and freezing rain are expected to make travel treacherous and cause power outages on the U.S. East Coast this week when the first winter storm of the season sweeps through, forecasters said on Tuesday. Some 50 million people living in the region stretching from western North Carolina to Pennsylvania and...

With freezing temperatures and the possibility of between five and 10 centimetres of snow in the forecast, the city of Vancouver wants residents to know it is ready. In an information bulletin sent out Thursday morning, the city said crews have been out brining and salting “priority response locations” and are prepared to start salting and plowing roads if the...