A blizzard is a severe storm, potentially life threatening, caused by wind-driven snow. Although many blizzards involve heavy snow falls, smaller snow amounts may still be driven to blizzard conditions of low visibility and extreme wind chill. The...

A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure system, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure system; this results in the...

Murphy, Jim Blizzard! 2000. 156pp. $18.95 hc. Scholastic. 0-590-67309-2. Grades 5-10 The long weekend of March 10-14, 1888 began as a beautiful Saturday and ended as a blizzard that no one predicted and no one can forget. Weaving the dramatic experiences of...

Ground blizzards are notorious winter storms that produce strong winds, high wind chills, and reduced visibilities due to blowing snow, but that generate little (if any) snowfall. These severe winter storms are especially common in the Canadian Arctic where they can last days at...

Stinging sleet and snow coated windshields and streets early Wednesday as a winter blast roared out of the Midwest and swept into the Northeast as a Valentine's Day blizzard.Most of upstate New York reported several inches of new snow on the ground Wednesday morning, with...

A major snowstorm blew across Colorado toward the Plains on Wednesday, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places and forcing the airport to close, stranding thousands of holiday travelers. Authorities at times shut down major highways in parts of six states.The National...