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America's most shocking snowstorms

Blasts from the past
1888: the Great White Hurricane
1888: the Great White Hurricane
1899: the Great Arctic Outbreak
1899: the Great Arctic Outbreak
1913: the Great Lakes storm
1913: the Great Lakes storm
1922: Knickerbocker Storm
1922: Knickerbocker Storm
1967: Chicago blizzard
1967: Chicago blizzard
1993: Storm of the century
1993: Storm of the century
1996: North American blizzard
1996: North American blizzard
 2003: Presidents' Day Storm
 2003: Presidents' Day Storm
2005: Massachusetts blizzard
2005: Massachusetts blizzard
2006: New York blizzard
2006: New York blizzard
2010: Snowmageddon
2010: Snowmageddon
2010: post-Christmas blizzard
2010: post-Christmas blizzard
2011: Groundhog Day storm
2011: Groundhog Day storm
2014: Snowvember storm
2014: Snowvember storm
2016: Storm Jonas
2016: Storm Jonas
2018: 'bomb cyclone'
2018: 'bomb cyclone'
2019: Polar Vortex
2019: Polar Vortex
2021: Winter Storm Uri
2021: Winter Storm Uri
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Blasts from the past

Snow can turn a place into a magical winter wonderland, but it can also leave devastation and destruction behind. As some States are battered by yet more brutal storms we look at some of the most powerful blizzards, hurricanes and winter weather events, from the 1880s to today, that have left their mark on the USA.
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03 April 2021

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