A relentless winter storm brought Christmas Day danger and misery to millions of Americans in the eastern United States, with weather-related deaths rising to at least 28.
The Buffalo storm is "a crisis of epic proportion" said New York Governor Kathy Hochul.The blizzard was a result of a powerful winter weather system that has caused frigid temperatures since mid-last week.
Rescuers at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in which four people died and left multiple people injured on the Ohio Turnpike in Erie County, Ohio, on 23 December 2022.A crisis situation was unfolding in Buffalo, in western New York, where a blizzard has left the city marooned, with emergency services unable to reach high-impact areas.
"This is not the Christmas any of us hoped for nor expected, but try to have as merry a Christmas as possible today," Mr Poloncarz said on Twitter on Sunday. "My deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones. "This will go down in history as Buffalo's most devastating storm. This one is for the ages and we're still in the middle of it," Ms Hochul said.
More than 150,000 US homes and businesses were without power on Sunday, a sharp drop from the 1.8 million that were powerless as of early Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us.Two days of white-out conditions in western New York had made rescue efforts nearly impossible at times, officials said. More than 1,600 flights in the United States were cancelled as of midday on Sunday, according to flight tracker FlightAware, as weather further snarled holiday travel.
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