5 - 7 FEBRUARY 1998. EAST COAST, U.S. : CLIMATE (STORM)

CNN reports that the same storm that damaged Florida killed 19 and brought heavy rains to Georgia and South Carolina, heavy snows to Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Indiana. Coastal areas from Georgia to New Jersey were pounded by winds of up to hurricane force, with coastal flooding from Virginia Beach to Long Island, New York. Power was out in Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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