A report on Winter storm and 1993 Storm of the Century

Heavy snowfall and strong winds during a 2016 blizzard, New York City
Satellite image by NASA of the storm on March 13, 1993, at 10:01 UTC.
National Guard members clear a road of fallen trees after a February 2021 winter storm in Putnam County, West Virginia.
A satellite image of the Storm of the Century on March 13, 1993.
Snow storm in Modena, Italy
Partially dug out car at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, after the storm
Wet snow and sleet during a winter storm, on the deck of RFA Tidespring south of Plymouth in the English Channel.
The Derecho moves into the Florida coast during the overnight hours of March 13, 1993
Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages.
NOAA estimate of storm surges along Florida's Gulf Coast, March 13, 1993.
Crabapple covered in icy glaze due to freezing rain. Ice storms often coat many surfaces. Severe ice storms, which may occur in spring, can kill plant life.
2008 Chinese winter storm in Hefei, Anhui Province, China

The 1993 "Superstorm" manifested as a blizzard in most of the affected areas.

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By March 8, 1993, several operational numerical weather prediction models and medium-range forecasters at the United States National Weather Service recognized the threat of a significant snowstorm.

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Heavy snowfall and strong winds during a 2016 blizzard, New York City

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Heavy snow during the January 2016 United States blizzard.

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Heavy snow during the January 2016 United States blizzard.
Blizzard into Tochal Skiing resort, Tehran and involved skiers.
Drifted snow near Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire, England, January 1963
Near-whiteout conditions dim the far end of Times Square in New York City, 2015.
March blizzard in North Dakota, 1966.
The Brooklyn Bridge during the Great Blizzard of 1888.
Conditions approaching a blizzard whiteout in Minnesota, on March 1, 2007. Note the unclear horizon near the center.
Illustration of the Great Blizzard of 1888
A snow blockade in southern Minnesota, central US. On March 29, 1881, snowdrifts in Minnesota were higher than locomotives.
Stereoscopic view card showing "Blasting ice with dynamite from in front of steamer on the ways, by Stanley J. Morrow" ~ A view of Yankton's riverfront after the flood of March 1881.
Under the weight of snow, a tree falls next to a car in Asheville, North Carolina

A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility, lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically at least three or four hours.

The Storm of the Century, also known as the Great Blizzard of 1993, was a large cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993, and dissipated in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 15.