A 12-foot storm surge also occurred in Taylor County, Florida, resulting in at least seven deaths. In addition to the snow, an estimated 15 tornadoes struck Florida, with 44 deaths attributed to either the tornadoes or other severe weather in the state. That’s comparable to 40 days’ flow on the Mississippi River at New Orleans-enough water to flood nearly the entire state of Missouri a foot deep. Illustrating the storm’s magnitude, the National Weather Service’s Office of Hydrology estimated the storm’s equivalent total volume of water at 44 million acre-feet. Covering more than 550,000 square miles and impacting nearly 120 million people, the Storm of the Century still ranks as one of the worst snowstorms to impact these three regions. The storm ranked as Extreme, or a Category 5, on the Regional Snowfall Index for the Northeast, Southeast, and Ohio Valley regions.
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