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You've Seen The Floods Caused By Sandy, But Have You Seen The Snow?

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While New Jersey, New York and Connecticut have been dealing with unprecedented flooding created by Superstorm Sandy, at least four states were hit with a different type of weather disaster: blizzards.  

Parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee were buried in two feet or more of snow after the megastorm rolled through Monday night.  

In Maryland, 3 feet of snow cut power to more than 31,000 homes. In West Virginia, some cities set record snow levels for October, while the wet, heavy mess caused multiple roofs to collapse, according Wunder Blog's Jeff Masters.

The meteorologist provided a list of snow accumulation across the four states, noting that Sandy is just shy of setting the all-time record for snowfall from a hurricane. The "snowicane" of 1804, which brought 4 feet of snow to Vermont, holds the current record.  

36" Richwood, WV
34" Mount Leconte, TN
34" Sevier, TN
33" Clayton, WV
32" Snowshoe, WV
29" Quinwood, WV
28" Frostburg, WV
28" Davis, WV
28" Huttonsville, WV
28" Flat Top, WV
26" Redhouse, MD
26" Garret, MD
26" Craigsville, WV
24" Oakland, MD
24" Alpine Lake, WV
24" Nettie, WV
24" Norton, VA
24" Quinwood, WV
24" Alexander, WV

Here are some photos of mountain counties blanketed in snow. 

Hurricane Snow

Hurricane Snow

Hurricane Snow

Now see the trail of destruction left by Hurricane Sandy from Jamaica to Canada >

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