February 2014 nor'easter

February 2014 nor'easter
Category 4 "Crippling" (RSI/NOAA: 10.66)
The winter storm tracking across the United States East Coast on February 13
Type
FormedFebruary 11, 2014 (February 11, 2014)
DissipatedFebruary 24, 2014 (February 24, 2014)[1]
Lowest pressure968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Maximum snowfall
or ice accretion		27.5 inches (700 mm) in Mount Storm, West Virginia[2]
Fatalities22[4]
Damage$750 million[3]
Power outages1.2 million
Areas affected

The February 2014 nor'easter was a major nor'easter that produced a damaging snow and ice storm that affected the Southern United States and East Coast of the United States, bringing with it up to a foot of snow and crippling ice across parts of the South. Thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people were left in the dark for days, possibly even up to 2 weeks without power. Delta Air Lines canceled over 2,000 flights,[5] and it was reported by 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 13, that as many as 6,500 flights originating in or destined for the United States had been canceled. On that day 70 percent of flights were cancelled at airports in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte.[6][7]

Approximately 1.2 million homes and businesses lost power as the storm moved from the South through the Northeast. By the evening of Thursday, February 13, about 550,000 customers remained in the dark, mostly in South Carolina and Georgia.[8]

  1. ^ Wetter maps
  2. ^ "Public Information Statement Issued by NWS Sterling, VA". weather.gov. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Global Catastrophe Recap – February 2014, Aon, March 2014
  4. ^ "Second wave of huge snow storm hits US north-east". BBC News. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Messy storm makes its way across the South". Winston-Salem Journal. Associated Press. February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  6. ^ Botelho, Greg (February 13, 2014). "Massive winter storm taking toll in power outages, canceled flights – and lives". CNN. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  7. ^ Mayerowitz, Scott (February 14, 2014). "Canceled! Airlines scrap record number of flights". The Big Story. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Winter storm wreaking havoc along the East Coast after slamming South". Fox News. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.