On February 13, a frontal storm developed off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and moved ashore, before moving southeastward, with the storm becoming disorganized in the process. It was also the deadliest winter storm in North America since the 1993 Storm of the Century, which killed 318 people. This would make it the costliest winter storm on record and the costliest natural disaster recorded in the United States at the time. Aon PLC, a finance company, estimated the system is estimated to have cost over $196.5 billion in damages, including at least $195 billion in the United States and over $1.5 billion in Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially documented US$24 billion in damage in the United States from the winter storm.
On February 16, there were at least 20 direct fatalities and 13 indirect fatalities attributed to the storm by January 2, 2022, the death toll had risen to at least 290, including 276 people in the United States and 14 people in Mexico. The storm also brought severe destructive weather to Southeastern United States, including several tornadoes. The storm contributed to a severe cold wave that affected most of North America. and Mexico experienced blackouts, many due to a major power crisis in Texas, which became the largest in the U.S. The storm resulted in the National Weather Service issuing various winter weather alerts impacting over 170 million Americans. The storm, unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Uri by the Weather Channel, started out in the Pacific Northwest and quickly moved into the Southern United States, before moving on to the Midwestern and Northeastern United States a couple of days later. Part of the 2020–21 North American winter and tornado outbreaks of 2021Ī major winter and ice storm had widespread impacts across the United States, Northern Mexico, and parts of Canada from February 13 to 17, 2021. United States, Canada, Northern Mexico, British Isles, Iceland, Southern Greenland Satellite imagery of the winter storm over the Eastern United States on February 16
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