The Great Blizzard of 1888 cut off many telegraph and railroad links in the northeastern United States, and is still remembered for its striking features: the unseasonably warm and rainy weather that preceded it, the sustained winds that created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches in New England.

a.the sustained winds that created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches in New England.

b. the sustained winds created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches in New England.

c. the sustained winds that created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches in New England.