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(CNN) - It is estimated that 20 million people may face brutal time while traveling on Thanksgiving, but they will not be the only ones.
The story offers some other examples of Christmas storms that left winter chaos in their wake.
Here are five notable storms, beginning with the Great Appalachian Storm in 1950 until the Thanksgiving storm that hit New York just 5 years ago.
November 24-25, 1950: The Great Appalachian Storm
Coburn Creek, in West Virginia, reported up to 157.5 centimeters of snow.
During the Thanksgiving weekend in 1950, a storm hit the Appalachian Mountains carrying lots of snow. Coburn Creek, West Virginia received 157.5 centimeters of snow, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The storm is considered one of the worst wind events ever recorded. Winds blew up to a speed of 257 km / h on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, and it was the most expensive storm to date, according to the National Weather Service.
By the time the storm ended, 160 people had died.
November 24-25, 1971: Thanksgiving Snowstorm
Albany, in New York, received a heavy blow on Thanksgiving Day 1971. The area accumulated 57.1 centimeters of snow, the largest snowfall in November. According to the National Meteorological Service, up to 76.2 centimeters of snow were reported in Catskills and throughout the Upper Hudson Valley.
The roads were not cleaned until the next day, which caused transport chaos.
November 26-27, 1983: the great blizzard of Thanksgiving weekend
This infamous snowstorm covered Denver with more than 50.8 centimeters of snow in just 37 hours, according to the Meteorological Service. Wind speeds reached up to 57 km / h and temperatures fell drastically throughout the area.
All roads in and around Denver were closed and Stapleton International Airport, the air terminal at that time, was closed for 24 hours.
But the people of Colorado could not get rid of the snow until 63 days later, which represents the greatest amount of time with continuous snow in Denver's history.
November 23, 1989: Thanksgiving Storm
Denver, Colorado, was shaken by a major storm that arrived on Thanksgiving Day 1989.
This white Thanksgiving storm produced up to 22 centimeters of snow over Long Island, New York, and up to 35.6 centimeters in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
It started in the Carolinas and then covered the coast of the Mid-Atlantic and New England with heavy snowfall, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
November 26-27, 2014: Thanksgiving Storm
Motorists challenge the snow that falls as they head south on Interstate 81 near Staunton, Virginia, on Wednesday, November 26, 2014.
A northeastern system was guilty of this Thanksgiving storm in 2014. In Albany, New York, 26.4 centimeters of snow fell, making it one of the largest snowstorms in a month of November in that area , according to the Meteorological Service.
About 310,000 customers lost electricity between New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. It took almost a week to restore the service. The storm caused the fourth largest power outage in the history of New Hampshire, according to the Weather Service.
Thanksgiving Day Storms