ON THIS DAY: Tuesday marks the 44th anniversary of a massive and deadly blizzard that pummeled Northeast Ohio resulting in the deaths of dozens of people.
CLEVELAND — Tuesday marks the 44th anniversary of the start of a massive and deadly blizzard that pummeled Northeast Ohio, resulting in the deaths of dozens of people. It's a storm long remembered by those who lived through it.
On the evening of Jan. 25, rain and fog were widespread. While relatively quiet, an ominous combination of weather was headed for Ohio, according to weather maps of that time. By the next morning, blizzard conditions arrived across Ohio, as temperatures fell 30 degrees in two hours and winds increased to over 50 mph.
The snow wrought such devastation that the Ohio National Guard was deployed to help rescue people trapped in the snow. Transportation, business, industry and schools were closed statewide for two days, with the normal pace of society not returning to the state for five days, according to the National Weather Service.
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