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Afghanistan Blizzard (2008)

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Blake Brassfield

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The Afghanistan blizzard of 2008

What Happened??

In 2008 temperatures in Afghanistan hit -30 degrees celcius (-22 degrees fahrenheit) causing frostbite, 180 centemeters of snow and claiming 1,337 lives making it the second most disasterrous snowstorm in history

lives lost???

Sources

  • URLhttp://slideplayer.com/slide/5725005/
  • Website TitleSlidePlayer
  • Article TitleHow Natural Disasters Impact the Environment
  • Date PublishedJuly 06, 2017
  • Date AccessedNovember 09, 2017
  • URLhttp://www.complex.com/style/2012/12/the-50-most-famous-snow-storm-photographs/the-afghanistan-blizzard
  • Website TitleComplex
  • Article TitleThe 50 Most Famous Snow Storm Photographs36. The Afghanistan Blizzard
  • Date PublishedOctober 20, 2016
  • Date AccessedNovember 09, 2017
  • some accounts say 800 some say 600 some say over 1,000
  • depends on when news article happened
  • claimed total of 1,337 people
  • claimed more than 100,000 goast sand sheep
  • claimed 315,000 cattle as well

Afghanistan Blizzard (2008)

When??

Sources

  • URLhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bitter-winter-a-killer-in-afghanistan-1.748144
  • Website TitleCBCnews
  • Article TitleBitter winter a killer in Afghanistan
  • Date PublishedFebruary 10, 2008
  • Date AccessedNovember 09, 2017
  • The blizzard started in Febuary of 2008
  • Also ended in Febuary 2008
  • Not sure of the exact dates

Blake Brassfield

3rd hour

Where?

Why did it happen?

  • Afghanistan, west and central
  • mountainous region
  • struck farmers and shepards fields
  • There is constant or frequent wind gusts of 35 mph
  • snow falling causing visability to be less than a quarter mile ahead
  • this must happen for 3 hours or more

Local, Biome, Global levels of impact

  • fighting in region was at a minimum
  • lost tons of cattle, sheep, and goats
  • had homes destroyed
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