United States Winter Storm Jacob, as the system was unofficially known in North America, made landfall over the
Pacific Northwest on 15 January. In the community of
Joyce, on
Washington state's
Olympic Peninsula, of snow was recorded. Jacob brought heavy snowfall from
Montana to
Idaho and
Utah and down into the
Sierra Nevada of
California on 16 January, On 17 January, an
avalanche at the
Squaw Valley Ski Resort in northern California, site of the
1960 Winter Olympics, killed one person and seriously injured another. As Jacob moved off into the Atlantic, winds gusting up to were recorded across the
Midwest and
Mid-Atlantic states on 18 January, leading to difficult conditions with existing blowing snow, with of Interstate highways closing as a result. and fell in
New York City. The snow in New York City resulted in a crash on the
Bronx River Parkway with eight injuries occurring, one of which was life threatening.
Canada As Winter Storm Jacob emerged into the Atlantic on 18 January, it passed offshore close to
Atlantic Canada, bringing high winds and heavy snowfall widely. Worst affected was
Newfoundland, where
St. John's recorded over of snow, breaking the city's all-time single-day snowfall record. As a result of the severe blizzard, 21,000 homes were left without power and a
state of emergency was declared across Newfoundland, banning all road travel except for emergencies. and in
Green Island (Fortune), Newfoundland and Labrador damaged the roofs of houses and created snowdrifts as high as against buildings and vehicles, trapping people indoors for several days and hindering emergency vehicle access; fire engines required snowplough escorts, and
snowmobiles were used to transport patients to local hospitals in the days following the blizzard. Many meteorologists in the area described this storm as the worst winter storm they had ever seen. == See also ==