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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."
On Jan. 6, 1996, 29 years ago today, one of the strongest such snowstorms, known as the "Blizzard of 1996," began its siege in the East. By the time it was over two days later, an impressive swath ...
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 ...
Nearly half of the 65.5 inches of snow that fell in the 1995-1996 snow season came courtesy of the Blizzard of '96. The 27.6 inches the storm brought on Jan. 7 remains the greatest single-day ...
The Blizzard of 1996 is remembered as one of the most devastating snowstorms to affect the northeastern United States in history. Blizzard of 1996: Remembering the deadly eastern US snowstorm ...
It was caused by a police raid of a "blind pig", a unlicensed, after-hours bar. [54] The riot was the deadliest of the series of riots that occurred during 1967 in the United States. It contributed to widespread "white flight" in Detroit and economic decline as many businesses were looted , set on fire, or just simply closed or moved out of the ...
With roughly $6 billion in damage caused along the entire East Coast, the storm killed 310 people and left millions without power. ... Blizzard of 1996. Impact: Long-lasting snow, gusting wind.
Blizzard of 1996 January 6–10, 1996; April Fool's Day Blizzard ... The blizzard caused the cancellation of a Montreal Canadiens hockey game for the first time since ...