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March 7
[edit]1717: The Great Snow of 1717 finally came to an end, after weeks of heavy snow buried areas of the Northeastern United States with 5 feet (1.5 m) of snow or more.
1997: Cyclone Gavin struck Fiji, killing 18 people and causing millions of dollars in damage. It was the strongest tropical cyclone ever to affect the island.
2004: Cyclone Gafilo, the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the southern Indian Ocean, made landfall in Madagascar as a Category 5 storm.