On December 26 and 27 , the storm Catastrophe 's forward Self_motion movement slowed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a drift Self_motion , causing Causation very heavy snow over Upstate New York , Vermont , and southern Quebec .

Egypt continued its drift away from the Soviet Union and eventually left Departing the Soviet sphere of influence entirely .

Thereafter , a blocking Hiding_objects pattern over Atlantic Canada caused Causation Leslie to drift Motion for four days .

the disturbance Damaging continued to drift Motion northward and made Causation landfall Catastrophe at the mouth of the cape fear river in north carolina on 22 august .