In the United States, at least 50 people have died in recent days due to extreme cold and heavy snowfall. 27 people were killed in New York state’s Erie County alone, district manager Marc Poloncarz announced on Twitter on Monday (local time). More than 51 people died nationwide in connection with Arctic winter storm Elliott, ABC reported. According to broadcaster NBC, 56 people were killed.
“My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones this holiday weekend,” President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter. Kathy Hochul, the governor of the hard-hit state of New York, spoke of a “historic blizzard” and warned of further snowfall in the city of Buffalo, where dozens of people have already been killed. “The storm is subsiding, but we’re not over the hill yet,” she wrote on Twitter. She called on people not to take risks and to stay at home.
Hundreds of thousands of households without power
“Elliott” had brought snowfall, temperatures in the double-digit minus range, and hurricane-force winds to large parts of the US over the Christmas weekend. The region around the Great Lakes in the northeast of the US and on the border with Canada was particularly affected. Hundreds of thousands of homes were affected by power outages.
The Arctic cold front also messed up many travelers’ Christmas plans: More than 10,000 flights were canceled from Friday to Sunday, according to flight data website “FlightAware.”
Source: Krone
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