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Catastrophe Report 3
January 1 – July 8,
2003 |
Storm - USA
| Territory: |
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United States |
| Region: |
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Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee,
Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia. |
| Date: |
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February 14 - 18 |
| Event: |
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Winter storm |
| Impact: |
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Over 30cm of snow fell across Massachusetts,
much of rest of New England and New York. Insured loses are
estimated at 161 million US$ for Maryland, 130 million US$ for
New Jersey and 105 million US$ each for New York and Pennsylvania.
Total fatalities due to the storm were estimated at 37. |
| Summary: |
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One of the heaviest snowstorms on record brought
chaos to the north-eastern states over the President's Day week-end.
New York, Washington DC, and Boston were brought to a standstill
as snow accumulated to depths in excess of 50cm. In Boston,
total snowfall for February was 70cm – the largest accumulation
for any storm since records began. The effects of the storm
were not only confined to the north-east, and on the 16th and
17th snow lay on the ground from Kentucky to Connecticut. In
the south-eastern states, sleet, ice and freezing rain caused
serious disruption to travellers. In the following week torrential
rain and melting snow triggered floods in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and West Virginia. |
| Data sources: |
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National Climatic Data Center
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/snow02.html |
| Additional sources:
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NASA Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
ISO
http://www.iso.com/press_releases/
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