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Write a geographical note on Halloween Storm.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Climatology

The Halloween Storm is the name meteorologists gave to the great nor'easter of 28 October – 2 November 1991 off the north-eastern coast of North America, also called the “Perfect Storm” and, in the official US disaster survey, “The Halloween Nor'easter of 1991”.

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