Iran Blizzard

Iran Blizzard

The Iran Blizzard of February 1972 killed some 4,000 people, lasting a week until the 10th [ [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F7061FF63C591A7493C3A81789D85F468785F9 MISSING PUT AT 6,000 IN IRANIAN BLIZZARD - Free Preview - The New York Times ] ] . The blizzard also ended a four-year drought ["NOAA'S Top Global Weather, Water and Climate Events of The 20th Century" http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s334b.htm] .

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