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Today in WV History
30 Oct

The brunt of the October snowstorm arrived, with heavy, wet snow and high winds leading to falling trees and downed power lines.

A rare consolidation of a strong mid- and upper-level trough in the polar jet stream with tropical hurricane Sandy resulted in a historic snowstorm in October 2012. There were periods of rain on October 27 and 28 as a cold front moved east. Light...

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