The Blizzard of '78 was a catastrophic storm that killed about 100 people and injured 4,500 more — and caused more than $500 million in damage — when it slammed into Northeastern states.

On Jan. 25, 1978, the now-famous "Blizzard of '78" slammed into Indianapolis and Central Indiana. Here are 5 things you may not know about that legendary storm.

Blizzard of ’78: 44 years later, records still hold by: Beth Finello. ... Northern Indiana typically gets more snow than the rest of the state, and the area had issues in 1978.

The blizzard of 1978 shut down central Indiana and every corner of the Hoosier State. The storm brought an estimated 15.5 inches of snow to the city, according to NWS.

It was 40 years ago, when for 31 hours on Jan. 25 and 26, Mother Nature unleashed a wrath of snow and wind that paralyzed a good part of Indiana. The numbers from the storm were staggering.

30 years ago Friday, snow started falling for a blizzard that brought cities in Indiana to a standstill. What started off as early morning flurries on a Wednesday, eventually developed into a ...

Indiana has been largely unaffected by the blizzard now sweeping across the Northeast. Thirty-six years ago, the state wasn't as lucky. "The Blizzard of '78 is the storm by which all other winter ...

Dear Tom, I remember the Blizzard of ’79 that brought more than 20 inches of snow to Chicago and northwest Indiana. Why do people in Knox, Ind., call it the Blizzard of ’78? —Thom Morin ...

When the Blizzard of '78 started to form, the news predicted a light snow As bad as it was, the ice storm paled in comparison to the Great Blizzard of 1978.

All those days ago, Ross, newly 13, played Monopoly with his family in their Greenfield, Indiana, home. They all huddled on his parents' bed. The wind howled outside. The snow blew. Lightning crashed.