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100			_aChangnon, Stanley A.
245			_aMajor ice storms in the United States, 1949-2000
260			_c2002
300			_ap.105-11.
520			_aAn extensive new database identifying ice storm losses allowed a first, definitive assessment of these storms in the US. During 1949-2000, 87 major ice storms each causing property losses > $1 million, occured and resulting losses totaled $16.3 billion. Storm frequencies and losses were greatest in the northeast, southeast, and central US, and only 3 percent ocdcurred in the nation's west. More freezing rain occurences in the Deep South produce major storms than do occurrences elsewhere in the US, a result of variations in prevailing storm-producing conditions. Severe ice storms peaked in 1993-2000 when losses totaled $5.8 billion. Losses in the nation's west were infrequent but more occurred since 1982. Recent increases in ice storm losses in the faster growing areas of the nation reflect increasing societal vulnerability to ice storms. - Reproduced.
650			_aClimatic change - United States
650			_aStorms - United States
650			_aStorms
700			_aChangnon, Joyce M.
773			_aEnvironmental Hazards
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