A coastal storm crept along the Eastern Seaboard earlier this week, spreading gusty winds, rough surf, rain and snow to areas from the southeastern United States to New England.
While the worst of the storm remained offshore, it still made its presence felt on land.
For only the second time in more than 100 years, Charlotte, North Carolina, measured accumulating snow in April, with 0.1 of an inch. The previous occurrence took place in 1982.
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Snow accumulating on a blooming tree in Indian Land, South Carolina.
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A golf course covered in snow in Mineral Springs, North Carolina.
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A snow-covered house in Unionville, North Carolina.
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Roads were slushy in Monroe, North Carolina, due to the snow on Tuesday morning.
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A snowy neighborhood in Waxhaw, North Carolina.
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Snow falling over, but not sticking to, Highway 521 in South Carolina.
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Snow accumulating in Indian Land, South Carolina.
Minor snow accumulation was reported in parts of central South Carolina and central North Carolina, mainly on grassy and elevated surfaces.
The storm became a bomb cyclone, where the central barometric pressure in the storm plummets at least 0.71 of an inch in 24 hours. In fact, the central pressure on the storm plummeted 0.92 of an inch in 24 hours.
While snow fell in the Carolinas, Alaska was wrapping up an unusually warm month of March.
"There were a total of five days in March where the temperature in Fairbanks reached the 50s. The only other March that had more 50-degree days was March 1915 with seven," Anderson said.
In other areas of the eastern U.S., the right conditions came together to produce a risk for brush fires.
Two large brush fires were reported this week, one in Florida and two in New Jersey.
Twenty homes were evacuated in Bay County, Florida, after a wildfire spread approximately 678 acres over last weekend. The blaze, known as the Allanton Road Fire, was initially reported on March 30 after it had burned 3 to 5 acres of timber.
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The fire is located about 13 miles southeast of Panama City, Florida, near where Hurricane Michael made landfall on Oct. 10, 2018. Downed trees from Michael reportedly complicated firefighting efforts, according to WPLG. Bay County was one of the hardest-hit regions from the Category 4 storm.
The Allanton Road Fire burns over 600 acres near Allanton, Florida, on Sunday, March 31. (Twitter/Florida Fire Service Chipola District)
By Friday, April 5, it was 100 percent contained and had burned 668 acres, according to the Florida Fire Service.
A brush fire ignited in Penn State Forest in southern New Jersey on Saturday, March 30. Buffeted by dry weather and strong winds, it quickly burned over 11,000 acres this week. No structures were in immediate danger, and no evacuations were ordered.
A separate brush fire erupted in the state in Burlington County nearJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst military base. About 100 firefighters were on hand to contain the 1,200-acre blaze, according to WPVI in Philadelphia.
Another storm in the Middle East brought additional flooding concerns to Iran on Monday, where at least 62 people have died in recent weeks.
At least 25,000 homes have been completely destroyed by the flooding, and another 60,000 homes have been significantly damaged, according to Radio Farda. Tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate.
Eighty-four bridges and nearly 2,200 rural roads have been washed away, Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Organisation, told state TV, AFP stated.
In this Monday, April 1, 2019 photo, a man watches as floodwaters hit the city of Khorramabad in the western province of Lorestan, Iran. (AP Photo/Erfan Keshvari/ISNA)
Severe thunderstorms pounded Nepal on Sunday causing significant damage and killing over 30 people. Thousands were left homeless after the ferocious storms ripped off roofs and toppled walls in homes.
At least 600 people were injured.
"Although infrequent, severe thunderstorms can occur in Nepal during March and April as heat builds northward from India and storm systems track into the region from the Middle East," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Eric Leister said.
At least 30 people were killed fighting a large wildfire high in the mountains of China's Sichuan province. The victims included 27 firefighters and three local residents that were recruited to help battle the blaze, which erupted on March 30, the Associated Press said.
China has been dealing with other wildfires throughout the country, including around the outskirts of Beijing.
More than 4,600 residents were evacuated, and another 15,000 were battling a separate large blaze in the country's Shanxi province.
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