An Analysis of Ice Storm Impacts, Warnings, and Emergency Management Response

By :"David A. Call"

Published on 2007 by ProQuest

Category :"Atmosphere"

From 1949 through 2000, ice storm disasters cost United States businesses, municipalities, and individuals more than $80 billion, only a fifth of which was covered by insurance. These disasters primarily affected areas from New England to the Deep South. Although freezing rain is most common in northern United States, ice storms can wreak havoc in regions unprepared for slick roads during the event and the prolonged power outages that follow.

An Analysis of Ice Storm Impacts, Warnings, and Emergency Management Response

Lenght : 212

Language : en

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