Editing Natural disaster (section)

==== Blizzards ====
[[File:Elkton, Maryland 2009 Blizzard.jpg|thumb|right|300x300px|A [[blizzard]] in [[Maryland]] in 2009]]
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Blizzards are severe [[winter storm]]s characterized by heavy snow and strong winds. When high winds stir up snow that has already fallen, it is known as a [[ground blizzard]]. Blizzards can impact local economic activities, especially in regions where snowfall is rare. The [[Great Blizzard of 1888]] affected the United States, when many tons of wheat crops were destroyed. In Asia, the [[1972 Iran blizzard]] and the [[2008 Afghanistan blizzard]], were the deadliest blizzards in history; in the former, an area the size of Wisconsin was entirely buried in snow. The [[1993 Storm of the Century|1993 Superstorm]] originated in the Gulf of Mexico and traveled north, causing damage in 26 American states as well as in Canada and leading to more than 300 deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-d-a.org/snow-hail-storm.php|title=Natural Hazards – Snow & Hail Storms|website=n-d-a.org|access-date=2017-02-26|archive-date=2017-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203144851/http://www.n-d-a.org/snow-hail-storm.php|url-status=live}}</ref>