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Blizzard / Snowstorm== Please add people who have died directly or indirectly from a blizzard/snowstorm even though the actual cause of death may be due to another cause... i.e. heart attack, hypothermia, falling tree limb, weather related accident, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc. A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least 35 mph (56 km/h) and lasting f...
A winter storm is an event in which the varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are low enough to allow ice to form (i.e. freezing rain). In temperate continental climates, these storms are not necessarily restricted to the winter season, but may occur in the late autumn and early spring as well. ...
Ice Storm===An ice storm is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain, also known as a glaze event or, in some parts of the United States, as a silver thaw.[1] The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least 0.25-inch (6.4 mm) of ice on exposed surfaces.[2] From 1982 to 1994, ice storms were more common than blizzards a...