THE GUARDIAN: Unseasonal Halloween weather has dumped up to 30cm of snow and affected 60 million people from Virginia to Maine
Huge swathes of the north-eastern United States have been hit by a rare October snow storm that struck across the region from Virginia all the way to Maine.
Dubbed "Snowtober" by news organisations covering the unusually early winter storm, the massive weather formation dumped up to 30cm (one foot) of snow in parts of the country that rarely see it this early in the year. Some estimates put the number of people affected by the unseasonal weather at around 60 million.
In a few parts of the country the storm was an almost once-in-a-lifetime event. New York City has seen measurable October snow just three times since 1869, when America was still recovering from the civil war. But 2011 has been an unusual year for New York weather, as the city was also directly hit by Hurricane Irene just a few months ago. Over New York and other areas the storm was also accompanied by thunder and lightning, another fairly rare event known as "thundersnow". » | Paul Harris in New York | Saturday, October 29, 2011
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BILD: Wintereinbruch legt Osten der USA lahm: New York – Am Freitag wärmte noch die Sonne die New Yorker, am Wochenende verschwand die US-Metropole im Schneegestöber. Völlig überraschend ist eine Schneefront über die komplette nördliche Hälfte der US-Ostküste hereingebrochen. Millionen sind ohne Strom – und bleiben es tagelang. » | Sonntag 30. Oktober 2011
