Remembering the Blizzard of '96: 20 years ago this week

NEW YORK (WABC) -- This has been an unseasonably mild and snow-free winter, but it was 20 years ago this week, that the northeastern U.S. was hit by one of the most devastating winter storms ever: the Blizzard of '96.

Parts of the Tri-State were blanketed in more than two feet of snow.

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Unusually warm weather and rain followed, triggering major flooding.

The storm and the flooding were blamed for more than 180 deaths, and $3 billion dollars of damage.

Eyewitness News viewers have been tweeting their memories of the blizzard: