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March 1888

Great Blizzard of 1888, winter storm that pummeled the Atlantic coast of the United States, from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, in March 1888. The blizzard caused more than $20 million in property damage in New York City alone and killed more than 400 people, including about 100 sailors, across the Eastern Seaboard. After a mild winter a western snowstorm and a southern warm front converged to create one of the worst winter storms in American history. The snowfall began on the night of Sunday, March 11, and by Monday morning 10 inches (250 mm) had fallen in New York ...(100 of 280 words)

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