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one of the worst snowstorms

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Snow can turn a city into a magical winter wonderland, but it can also leave devastation and destruction behind. We take a 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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of By loveEXPLORING staff Love Exploring | Snow can turn a city into a magical winter wonderland, but it can also leave devastation and destruction behind. We take a 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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A blizzard is a severe snow storm with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibility of less than a 1/4 mile for more than 3 hours.

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Winds pull cold air toward the equator from the poles and bring warmer, moist air toward the poles from the equator. When warm air and cold air are brought together, a front is formed and snow can form. Warm air can also rise to form clouds and blizzard snows as it flows up a mountainside.

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In the United States, blizzards are common in the upper Midwest and the Great Plains but occur in most areas of the country except for the Gulf Coast and the California coast. Blizzards can occur all over the world, even in the tropics where it is cold on high altitude mountaintops.

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Snow storms are usually caused by rising moist air within an extratropical cyclone (low pressure area. The cyclone forces a relatively warm, moist air mass up and over a cold air mass. If the air near the surface is not sufficiently cold over a deep enough layer, the snow will fall as rain instead

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Temperatures quickly drop below zero during a blizzard, especially with the wind chill. Ice and winds cause trees to fall and plants to die. ... The excess carbon causes an imbalance in the local ecosystem, which impacts other plants and wildlife.

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 A storm where precipitation falls as snow is called a snowstorm. In the winter, most precipitation forms as snow within the clouds because temperatures at the top of the storm are cold enough to make snowflakes. ... These ice crystals stick together as they fall towards the ground, forming snowflakes.

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 A storm where precipitation falls as snow is called a snowstorm. In the winter, most precipitation forms as snow within the clouds because temperatures at the top of the storm are cold enough to make snowflakes. ... These ice crystals stick together as they fall towards the ground, forming snowflakes.