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1922: The Knickerbocker storm, one of the worst blizzards ever to strike Washington, D.C., collapsed the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater, killing 98 people.
1977: A severe blizzard which would last five days hit western New York, causing snow drifts up to 40 feet (12 m) high and killing 23 people.
2004: Cyclone Elita made its first of three landfalls on Madagascar.
2013: The remnants of Cyclone Oswald, which had brought heavy rain to parts of northeastern Australia for several days, caused several rivers to reach their historical peak flood levels in Queensland and New South Wales.