Disasters with highest death tolls - North American Blizzard of 1966
Time: Saturday Jan 29, 1966
Place: U.S. and Canada
Details: The Blizzard of 1966 swept across most of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains on January 29, 1966, and brought record low temperatures, high winds and heavy snowfall in its wake. Within days, at least 142 people had been killed — 31 had frozen to death, 46 died in fires that started while people were trying to heat their home.
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