The Great White Hurricane Strikes, March 11, 1888
On March 11, 1888, a mild spring day gave way to one of the deadliest blizzards in American history — a storm that buried cities, killed more than 400 people, and forced America to go underground.
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The Night New York Went Dark
On July 13, 1977, lightning struck a power station north of New York City — and within an hour, nine million people were without electricity for 25 hours.