Ice Storms

Midwest on alert for ‘a lot more’ from ice storm
ST. LOUIS - A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 15 deaths in Oklahoma and Missouri were blamed on the conditions, with 13 of them killed on slick highways. Read More
Jan. 21, 2006: Disaster Funds Ordered for South Carolina Ice Storm Recovery
WASHINGTON - Federal disaster funds have been made available for South Carolina to help communities recover from the effects of a crippling ice storm that struck the state last December, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today. Read More
Jan. 21, 2006: Disaster Funds Ordered for South Carolina Ice Storm Recovery
WASHINGTON - Federal disaster funds have been made available for South Carolina to help communities recover from the effects of a crippling ice storm that struck the state last December, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today. Read More
Jan. 4, 2006: President Declares Major Disaster for Minnesota
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that federal disaster aid has been made available for Minnesota to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm from November 27-29, 2005. Read More
Ice accumulations caused the collapse of more than a thousand 260-feet-high transmission towers, each weighing 20 to 50 tons.
Some of the 5.2 million people affected by the Great Ice Storm of 1998 went without power for five weeks. Read More
Feb. 28, 2003: Ice Storm Damage Severe In Duke Power's Triad/Triangle-Area
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Power crews are encountering extensive damage as they work to restore electric service to the more than 350,000 customers interrupted by Thursday's ice storm. Read More
Ice storm keeps region paralyzed
ROME, Maine (CNN) January 13, 1998 -- Many thousands still without heat in Northeast U.S., Canada. Read More