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In 1998, what definitely was "The Great Ice Storm" of 1998 that had raged for 5 days was finally nearing an end across Northeast North America. The ice storm coated areas from Eastern Ontario, across Southern Quebec, Northern New York State and Maine, to New Brunswick with one to a phenomenal five inches of ice. Actually it was a combination of five "smaller" ice storms that crossed these areas in succession. The inconceivable ice storm killed 35 (of which 28 were in Canada), injured 945, and caused 5 billion to 7 billion dollars damage. At its peak, around 4 million people lost power, most of them in Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec. Around 1,000 transmission towers collapsed in a chain reaction and 35,000 wooden utility poles were crushed, along with hundreds of miles of power lines. Some areas were without power for a month. Montreal and Ottawa were nearly shut down.

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In 1976, lake effect snow squalls overwhelmed Adams, NY, located on the northeast shores of Lake Ontario, with 5 to 6 feet of snow.

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