The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from ...

From January 5-9, 1998, a meteorological disaster known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 devastated northern New England, northern New York, and southern Canada. In addition to extreme precipitation amounts and widespread flooding, the deadliest element of this storm was the ice accumulation, reaching three inches in certain areas across the region.

Nov 8, 2012 · The ice storm of 1998 was one of the largest natural disasters in Canadian history. Between 4 and 10 January 1998, sections of the St. Lawrence Valley from Kingston to Québec’s Eastern Townships received up to 100 mm of ice pellets and freezing rain — more than double the icy precipitation normally received in those areas in a whole year.

Jan 4, 2023 · The Devastating Ice Storm of January 1998 was a historic storm that affected millions of people across northern New York, northern New England and southeast Canada. Some of the origins of this storm were tied to a phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean called El-Nino.

Jan 9, 2023 · PORTLAND, Maine — In January of 1998, Mother Nature brought a storm alright. But the Great Ice Storm of 1998 brought more than just an opportunity to admire nature’s beauty. Many Mainers hold memories from that weekslong period in the state’s history and will forever.

Jan 4, 2018 · Twenty years ago this week, starting on Jan. 4, 1998, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario were pelted with as much as 100 millimetres of freezing rain and ice pellets — an ice storm that...

A catastrophic ice storm and flood event struck northern New England and northern New York during the first two weeks of January 1998. Heavy rain associated with a warm moist airmass overspread a shallow but dense layer of cold air producing ice accumulations in …

Jan 4, 2025 · How 8 days of ice reduced some of Canada's largest cities to apocalyptic ghost towns out of a science fiction movie. Twenty-seven years ago today, on January 4, 1998, a curious anomaly began to develop in the upper atmosphere over eastern Canada.

Jan 6, 2023 · NCPR's Mitch Teich on the limericks, generators and sounds of the 1998 Ice Storm

Jan 11, 2025 · A downed hydro pylon in Quebec following the ice storm in January 1998, courtesy of CBC News. As Canadians rang in the New Year in January 1998, millions were unaware that in only a few days, they’d be caught in the middle of the costliest natural disaster in …