Monster blizzard leaves 18 dead Holiday weekend across the US

 Monster blizzard leaves 18 dead Holiday weekend across the US

 Millions of Americans' travel plans were disrupted by the extreme cold that blanketed the majority of the country and the impending winter storm that was forming in the Midwest, which put almost two-thirds of the nation under extreme weather alerts. The approaching storm was expected to intensify into what weather experts referred to as a "bomb cyclone" over the Christmas holiday weekend, releasing heavy, blinding snow from the northern Plains and Great Lakes region to the upper Mississippi Valley and western New York.

 

26 weather-related deaths in total have been recorded by CNN.

 

As biting cold and heavy "lake-effect" snow lingered into the holiday weekend, most of the fatalities were concentrated in and around Buffalo, which is located on the edge of Lake Erie in western New York. This snow is caused by cool air passing over warmer lake waters. The confirmed death toll from the storm, according to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, increased to 12 on Sunday from the three that had been reported overnight in the Buffalo area. According to Poloncarz, the most recent deaths were discovered in cars and snow banks, and the death toll may increase further.

 

Poloncarz stated on Twitter on Sunday that "none of us expected or hoped for this Christmas.""I offer the families of those who have lost loved ones my sincere sympathies." The deadliest winter storm to hit the greater Buffalo area since a severe blizzard in 1977 that killed nearly 30 people, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, was described as an "epic, once-in-a-lifetime" weather calamity.

 

The rescuers' rescue

 

Nearly six weeks had passed since the previous snowstorm, which was a shorter-lived lake-effect storm that hit western New York. Numerous drivers in Erie County spent the weekend stuck in their cars despite a prohibition on driving that has been in effect since Friday. According to Poloncarz, rescue efforts were hampered by the whiteout and drifting snow and required the assistance of National Guard personnel. On Saturday, many snowplows and other pieces of equipment were sent. On Sunday, however, they got trapped in the snow, and, as he told reporters, "we had to send rescue missions to rescue the rescuers."

 

Those who "have a snowmobile and are ready to help" are asked to phone a hotline for instructions, according to a request for help made online by the Buffalo police department. Even for a region used to severe winter weather, the storm's ferocity was noteworthy. Christina Klaffka, a 39-year-old resident of North Buffalo, heard "hurricane-like winds" rattling her windows as she saw the shingles fly off her neighbor's house. On Saturday night, her entire neighborhood lost power, and it was still out on Sunday morning.

 

Hardly affected by electricity

 

After forcing thousands of commercial flights to be canceled during the busy holiday travel season and knocking down electricity to up to 1.5 million customers at its peak late last week, the larger storm system was moving east on Sunday.

 

According to PowerOutage.us, more than 150,000 US households and businesses remained without power on Sunday, a substantial down from the 1.8 million as of early Saturday. According to Poloncarz, 15,000 Buffalo residents were still without electricity as of Sunday night. He claimed that one electricity substation that had been shut down was completely frozen inside and had been sealed off by an 18-foot snow pile.

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