The worst winter storm in US history is ... also known as the “Great White Hurricane,” struck the northeastern United States from 11-14 March, 1888. The storm was caused ... In New York City ...

As a result of the storm, fuel and food supplies dwindled, power lines snapped, trains were buried, and more than 400 people died, according to the National Weather Service. In New York City where ...

From New York City up through New England, this March 1888 storm blasted the region with up to 50 inches of snow—reports claim the East River even froze—and resulted in 400 deaths, largely ...

The storm of 1888 was definitively a blizzard. ... The streets of New York were piled high with snow for days after the blizzard in 1888. ... A week after the March 1888 blizzard, ...

Snow is piled up in front of a New York store during the Blizzard of 1888. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Ash Wednesday storm of 1962: This March storm has been considered the strongest nor ...

On March 11, 1888, 137 years ago today, a snowstorm began its four-day siege in the Northeast. That, in itself, is not unusual, even for March.. B ut the ferocity of the slow-moving coastal storm ...

Imagine a snowstorm so severe it buried New York City and claimed ... Now imagine such a storm happening before the basic weather forecast ... On March 11, 1888, 137 years ago today, a ...