The deadliest snowstorm in recorded history occurred in Iran in 1972!
The week long blizzard in Iran in 1972 killed 4,000 people. Over the week 10 feet of snow accumulated all across the northwestern, central, and southern parts of Iran. Southern Iran accumulated up to 26 feet of snow in some places.
There were no survivors in the villages of Kakkan and Kumar. Sheklab’s 100 villages were buried.
It remains the deadliest blizzard in history. People are probably shocked to hear that it snows in the Middle East, but surprise; it does.
Most Middle Eastern countries lie within the same temperate zone that the U.S. does. So, it only makes sense that it could and would snow there, too.