Paralyzing blizzard could rank near top 10 to hit Eastern US
The snowfall could easily cause more than $1 billion in damage and paralyze the Eastern third of the nation, said weather service director Louis Uccellini . “It (has) the potential to be an extremely...
View ArticleDC braces for 1-3 feet of snow as blizzard rages
The Blizzard of 2016 will continue to evolve and shut down travel into Saturday from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia and New York City, with some areas of the mid-Atlantic bracing for 1-3 feet of...
View ArticleAll-out blizzard all the way from Virginia to Connecticut
Forecast snowfall amounts rising – 3 ft (90 cm) in some areas “Be prepared for lengthy power outages, immobilization,” warns accuweather.com. Roads could be blocked and the power out for days in some...
View ArticleBlizzard now hitting New York City
Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, northeast New Jersey Accumulations 20 to 25 inches (38 to 63 cm) URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY SAT JAN 23 2016 …...
View ArticleSnowfall total upped to 24 to 30 inches
In a revised forecast, the National Weather Service now says parts of New York City and New Jersey could receive 24 to 30 inches (70 to 75 cm) of snow. The forecast area includes much of northern New...
View ArticleKiller blizzard could be one of five worst in New York City history
Gov. Cuomo shut down all roads and some train and subway service Saturday as a killer blizzard walloped New York City, marking one of the five worst storms in city history. Total travel ban Under the...
View ArticleEleven states declare states of emergency
Deadly snowstorm leaves major cities along the East Coast largely immobilized. Total travel ban in New York City. More than 60 million people under blizzard, winter storm or freezing rain warnings Some...
View ArticleHeavy, heavy snow – Travel will continue to be dangerous
Snowfall accumulations continue to increase across the Northeast, says accuweather.com Snow is still “coming down pretty heavily all along the I-95 corridor.” “Near zero visibility in spots.”...
View ArticleRecord snowfall and record cold in Japan
First snowfall in almost 115 years on Amami-Oshima island, a subtropical island located some 380 km (235 miles) southwest of the city of Kagoshima. Temperatures fall to record lows. As a cold air mass...
View ArticleBaltimore, New York City and D.C. Areas Buried Beneath More Than 2 Feet of Snow
As of early Sunday morning, snowfall totals exceeding 30 inches had been reported in several parts of West Virginia , Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. Other impacted areas include: • Harrisburg,...
View ArticleSecond largest snowstorm in New York City history
NOTE: Three of the five worst blizzards in NYC recorded history have occurred in the past ten years … during a time of so-called global warming....
View ArticleBiggest snowstorm ever recorded for three cities
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – 34 inches (86 cm) Allentown, Pennsylvania – 31.9 inches (81 cm) Baltimore, Maryland – 29.2 inches (74 cm) All during a period of so-called global warming. Some 250,000...
View ArticlePhiladelphia – An entire winter’s snow in two days
Waist-high piles of snow Following the mammoth blizzard that paralyzed Washington, D.C. and set a single-day snowfall record in New York City, waist-high piles of plowed snow still blocked Manhattan...
View ArticleRecord snowfall in New York City
Although you may have heard that this was the second biggest snowstorm in New York City history, you may not be aware it also broke the city’s record for a single day. Yes, the killer blizzard did...
View ArticleMagnitude-7.1 quake jolts Alaska
The earthquake struck about 1:30 a.m. and was centered about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Alaska’s state seismologist, Michael West, called it the...
View ArticleSnow total in Washington, DC far under-reported
The snow-measuring device at Reagan National Airport where official snow totals for the nation’s capital are recorded was buried in the blizzard, leaving weather observers unable to record the true...
View ArticleCold kills more than 85 people in Taiwan
24 Jan 2016 – A king-size cold spell had taken a toll of at least 85 lives in Taiwan as of Sunday evening, including 35 in Taoyuan in northern Taiwan. Thirty-six deaths were reported in Taipei, New...
View ArticleHeavy snow blankets western, central Japan
24 Jan 2016 – Snow fell as far southwest as Nagasaki and Kagoshima Prefectures according to local media reports. Nagasaki received around eight centimeters of snow and Kagoshima four centimeters. The...
View ArticleChina – Temperatures drop to minus 40C (-40F) and more
22 Jan 2016 – Airports and highways were closed as the worst cold front in decades hit several Chinese provinces. Highways in at least 12 provincial regions in northern, eastern and central China have...
View ArticlePoland – Snow covers the entire country
In some regions arrears of up to 20 cm (8 inches) of snow. In the mountains the cover is even greater. Most of the snow lies in the lowlands. Elblag (20 cm). Bialystok, Suwalki (16 cm) 12 cm in Mlawa...
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