What's the worst blizzard in US history?

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What's the worst blizzard in US history?

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answered Mar 4 by NattKeuggton (10,590 points)
The worst blizzard in US history was the Great Blizzard of 1888.

The Great Blizzard of 1888 is considered to be one of the worst blizzards to occur in US history and it was also known as the Great White Hurricane.

The Great Blizzard of 1888 lasted from March 12th to March 14th 1888 and buried the Northeast in up to 58 inches of snow.

Winds with the Great Blizzard of 1888 reached as high as 60 mph and created snow drifts up to 38 feet tall.

It also paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine and it also caused more than $20 million in property damage in New York City alone.

The Great Blizzard of 1888 also killed more than 400 people and including 100 sailors and it also shut down railroads and people were also confined to their homes for up to a week.

Other severe and worst blizzards in US history include.

The storm at Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in 1959, which dumped as much as 189 inches of snow in nearly a weeks time.

The 1993 superstorm which is also known as Storm of the Century.

And the Schoolhouse Blizzard or also known as Children's Blizzard that occured on January 12th 1888.

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