The country has been suffering from a violent winter storm since Thursday night the 21st; Temperatures of up to 50 degrees were measured
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The bomb storm that hits them US Since the weekend, it has caused a snowstorm not recorded in the country for more than 30 years and killed at least 60 people, according to an NBC News tally. 27 of the deaths were registered in the state new York🇧🇷 Greater Buffalo on the shores of Lake Erie near the Canadian border was the hardest hit. Some people were found dead in their cars and others suffered cardiac arrest while attempting to clear snow in freezing temperatures, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said. More victims have yet to be found. “It’s clearly the blizzard of the century,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, adding that they are ” witnessing a war against Mother Nature that has hit us full brunt.” Due to the current scenario in the state, Hochul requested the White House to declare the Northwest of the state a disaster zone. At a press conference in the city of Buffalo, the city hardest hit by snowfall and low temperatures, Hochul emphasized the importance of this measure to deal with the costs and expenses caused by the storm that killed half a hundred people in the United States demanded. . “The situation is not as bad as it has been for the past two days, but it’s still a dangerous situation to be outside. Stay indoors until tomorrow,” warned Hochul, who described the storm as “once in a generation.”
It is not yet known when the worst winter storm in decades will end in the United States. Since Wednesday night, the 21st, the United States has been suffering from this storm of rare intensity, whose polar winds have caused snowstorms, especially in the Great Lakes region. Over the weekend, temperatures were recorded in 48 of the 50 US states, including communities in Texas and along the Mexican border where some migrants have struggled to find shelter. Tens of millions of Americans cut their Christmas short with massive power outages, impassable roads and thousands of canceled flights wreaking havoc at airports. National Guard members and other first responders have rescued hundreds of people from snowcovered cars and homes without power. Authorities say many remain in prison.
More than 2,600 flights remained canceled in the United States as of Monday, according to website Flightaware.com. The weather is expected to gradually improve as the week progresses. Extreme weather “will continue to cause dangerous local travel conditions over the next two days,” the NWS warned. “Most of the eastern United States will remain in frigid conditions through Monday until a more moderate trend begins Tuesday,” he added. “It’s nerveracking to get calls from families with kids saying they froze to death,” Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said in an interview with local media. Cars and buses were buried under snowdrifts and stacker trucks were used for hospital transport where ambulances could not go. Up to a foot of snow should fall in some areas south of Buffalo and north of Syracuse by Tuesday (December 27). Poloncarz said that in the past 24 hours, more than 13,000 homes had power restored, but another 12,000 were left without power. Some won’t be able to go back online until tomorrow. Almost 1.7 million homes were affected by power outages across the country on Saturday, according to specialist website poweroutage.us.