The death toll from one of the worst weather-related disasters in US history claims at least 50 deaths nationwide, with rescue efforts underway at multiple locations.
abc.net.au/news/us-winter-storm-death-toll-rises-as-rescue-efforts-uderway/101809882The death toll from a Buffalo-area blizzard has risen to 27 in western New York — with the toll at least 50 deaths nationwide — as the region was left reeling from one of the worst weather-related disasters in its history.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz described the blizzard as "the worst storm probably in our lifetime" and warned there may be more dead yet to be discovered."It's just a horrible situation that we can see sort of the light at the end of the tunnel. But this is not the end yet," he said. With many grocery stores in the Buffalo area closed and driving bans put in place, some people pleaded on social media for donations of food and diapers.The ferocity of the white-out conditions tested an area accustomed to punishing snow.
"[It's] nothing like what we had last week," Mr Cook said, adding that the bomb cyclone — when atmospheric pressure drops very quickly in a strong storm — has weakened.Extreme weather stretched from the Great Lakes near Canada, down to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.
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