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Wilmington, NC – One of the most powerful winter storms ever recorded in the Southeast began this week in 1973, dumping historic snowfall across North Carolina and much of the region and reshaping how the South prepares for winter weather.
According to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, the blizzard unfolded February 9–11, 1973, delivering 1 to 2 feet of snow across large portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia—amounts rarely seen in the region even today…