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![]() ![]() An estimated 40 percent of the country's population experienced the effects of the storm and it led to a total of 208 fatalities. ![]() In the United States, the storm was responsible for the loss of electric power to more than 10 million households. Record cold temperatures were seen across portions of the Southern United States and Eastern United States in the wake of this storm. ![]() Between Louisiana and Cuba, the hurricane-force winds produced high storm surges across the Big Bend of Florida which, in combination with scattered tornadoes, killed dozens of people. The Florida Panhandle reported up to 4 in (10 cm) of snow, with hurricane-force wind gusts and record low barometric pressures. Birmingham, Alabama, reported a rare 13 in (33 cm) of snow. Heavy snow was first reported in highland areas as far south as Alabama and northern Georgia, with Union County, Georgia reporting up to 35 inches (89 cm) of snow. It eventually dissipated in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 15. The cyclone moved through the Gulf of Mexico and then through the eastern United States before moving on to eastern Canada. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and storm surges that the storm brought affected a very large area at its height, it stretched from Canada to Honduras. The 1993 Storm of the Century (also known as the 93 Superstorm, The No Name Storm, or the Great Blizzard of '93/1993) was a cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. ![]() Part of the 1992–93 North American winter and tornado outbreaks of 1993 Le Conte, TennesseeĮastern United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, The Bahamas, Bermuda Satellite image by NASA of the storm on March 13, 1993, at 10:01 UTC.ĥ6 in (140 cm) at Mt. ![]()
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