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Timeline: October weather disasters

Updated: Thursday, 25 Oct 2012, 2:58 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 25 Oct 2012, 2:23 PM EDT

(WWLP) - October weather in New England may be known for the autumn chill in the air, but there have been some disastrous October weather events to affect western Massachusetts.

From harvests ruined by far-away volcanic explosions to hurricanes and devastating snowstorms, the month of October has brought some extreme weather to our area in the past.

Here is a look at some of the most destructive weather events to strike western Massachusetts in the month of October.

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