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White Friday was a series of avalanches on the Italian front of World War I. The most significant avalanche struck the Austro-Hungarian barracks on Mount Marmolada , killing 270 soldiers. Other avalanches on the same day would strike Italian and other Austro-Hungarian positions, killing hundreds.
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the florida to Maine , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3 ]
The most extensive and very nearly the most severe blizzard in Michigan history raged January 26, 1978 and into part of Friday January 27. About 20 people died as a direct or indirect result of the storm, most due to heart attacks or traffic accidents. At least one person died of exposure in a stranded automobile.
As of 11:30 p.m. ET on Friday, 9,376 flights were delayed nationwide. The day ended with 523 cancellations. Southwest Airlines led the cancellations with 113 flights, or 2% of its scheduled flights.
"The potential exists for a storm to develop between Friday and Saturday along the East coast, elevating the risk for an impactful snowstorm across portions of the Northeast and New England this ...
A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow, ice and wind gusts to a region where flurries are unusual, while much of the United States remained in a ...
The January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard was a significant and expansive winter weather event that produced blizzard conditions across the High Plains, [2] as well as a long swath of accumulating snow and ice storm to the eastern half of the United States in early January 2025.
A deadly winter storm that swept across much of the nation at the end of last week is now impacting the mid-Atlantic, where cities like Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, brace for ...