January 22-24, 2016 Blizzard

The Blizzard of 2016, known as Snowzilla or Winter Storm Jonas, delivered many inches of snow in the Northeast United States and the Mid-Atlantic. Specifically,  Newark, NJ received about 2 feet of snow. Snowzilla caused more than 30 deaths, due to car accidents, hypothermia, heart attacks while shoveling snow, and carbon-monoxide poisoning from clogged exhaust pipes from snow. There was about $600 million to $300 billion worth of property damage and 630,000+ power outages for multiple days. Once the snow melted, the flooding was considered worse than Storm Sandy. The National Weather Service describes a blizzard by its duration, wind speeds, and the reduction in visibility. Another blizzard in 1996 was compared to the Snowzilla because of its similar damage costs, the death toll in NJ, snowfall, and impacted states.