Snowstorm catastrophes in the United States

• Published in: Environmental hazards Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 158 - 166
• Main Authors: Changnon, Stanley A., Changnon, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2005; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Catastrophes; Climate change; Economic impacts; Snowstorms; Catastrophes; Climate change; Economic impacts; Snowstorms

Extremely damaging snowstorms, those causing more than $1 million in property losses across the US, were studied, and the spatial and temporal characteristics of the storm activity during 1949–2001 were defined. There were 155 catastrophic snowstorms and they caused insured losses of $21.6 billion (...