What is December 2008 New England ice storm?
[[File:2008NYSIceStorm.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Damage from the storm in New York]] The '''December 2008 ice storm''' was a bad ice storm in [[New England]] and [[New York (state)|New York]]. It made millions of people lose [[electric power|power]]. The storm was said to be the worst ice storm in a decade for New England.<ref>{{cite news |title=Worst Ice Storm in a Decade (Video) |publisher=[[The Weather Channel]] |url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid823425597/bclid877032950/bctid4778613001 |accessdate=2008-12-14 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was also the worst in 21 years for New York.<ref name = TU12-13-08>{{cite news |last=Gavin |first= Robert |author2=Jordan Carleo-Evangelist |title=Icy Disaster: Outages stun area; shelters fill |publisher=Times Union (Albany) |page=A1 |date=2008-12-13 |url= http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=750116 |accessdate=2008-12-14}}</ref> Because of the storm, many trees fell down. They were coated in a heavy layer of ice.<ref>{{cite news |title=Storm leaves at least 1 million without power in Northeast |url= http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/12/12/storm.new.york.massachusetts/index.html |publisher= CNN |date=2008-12-13 |accessdate= 2009-01-02}}</ref> Many people were still without power after the storm was gone.<ref>{{cite news |title= New England shivers without power after ice storm |publisher=CNN |url= http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/12/14/massachusetts.emergency/?iref=mpstoryview |date= 2008-12-14 |accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first= Anahad |title=Hundreds of Thousands Still Without Power |work=New York Times |url= http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/hundreds-of-thousands-still-without-power/ |date=2008-12-14 |accessdate= 2009-01-02}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:2008 in weather]] [[Category:Natural disasters in the United States]] [[Category:2008 in New York (state)]]