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Catastrophe Report 3
January 1 – July 8,
2003 |
Late Winter Storm - USA
| Territory: |
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United States |
| Region: |
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Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin |
| Date: |
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April 4 - 15 |
| Event: |
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Late Winter storms |
| Impact: |
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Total insured losses are estimated at 1.2 billion
US$ due to a combination of ice, snow, freezing rain, wind,
hail, tornadoes and flooding. Texas was worst hit with wind
speeds in excess of 128 km/h and baseball-sized hailstones resulting
in damage leading to 285,000 claims totalling 885 million US$.
Travel was severely disrupted and over half a million homes
in Michigan and New York State left without power. |
| Summary: |
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A severe snowstorm was triggered on April 4th
by the collision of warm, wet air from the Gulf of Mexico with
cold air further north, forming frontal systems that dumped
over 30cm of snow on Nebraska and Minnesota before moving steadily
eastwards to affect New York, New Jersey and neighbouring east
coast states. In the south, the storm brought torrential rain,
hail and high winds to Mississippi. On the 15th, severe thunderstorms
developed over Texas and Oklahoma, spawning a dozen tornadoes,
giant hailstones and strong winds. |
| Data sources: |
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NASA Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
ISO
http://www.iso.com/press_releases/ |
| Additional sources:
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National Climatic Data Centre
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
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