{"id":1786902,"date":"2022-12-26T08:03:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T13:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786902"},"modified":"2022-12-26T09:35:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T14:35:20","slug":"at-least-34-killed-across-u-s-by-massive-winter-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-34-killed-across-u-s-by-massive-winter-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 34 Killed Across U.S. by Massive Winter Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-34-killed-across-u-s-by-massive-winter-storm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At least 54 deaths have been linked to a severe storm that continues to batter the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The US has recorded 50 fatalities, with a further four dead after a bus rolled over on icy roads in the Canadian province of British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>Of the US deaths, 18 are from the state of New York, where the city of Buffalo has been hit hard by the blizzard, its numbing cold and heavy &#8220;lake-effect&#8221; snow &#8211; the result of frigid air moving over warmer lake waters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-cheektowaga-new-york_6005962.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-cheektowaga-new-york_6005962-1.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-cheektowaga-new-york_6005962.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-cheektowaga-new-york_6005962-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-cheektowaga-new-york_6005962-3.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"In this drone image, snow blankets a neighbourhood, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Cheektowaga, N.Y\"   style=\"display:none\">\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-article-image__caption\">\n        <span class=\"sdc-article-image__visually-hidden\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"sdc-article-image__caption-text\">Cheektowaga, New York. Pic: AP<\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Not the Christmas any of us hoped for&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service said that nearly four feet of snow fell at Buffalo&#8217;s airport by Sunday, and that snow was falling at the rate of two to three inches an hour south of the city.<\/p>\n<p>The region&#8217;s storm victims include people found stranded in cars, left freezing in white-out conditions while would-be rescuers struggled against the weather to help.<\/p>\n<p>New York governor Kathy Hochul had said during the weekend that many of the state&#8217;s ambulances and fire trucks were themselves stuck in the snow.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo police department posted a plea online seeking snow mobile owners to help with search and rescue efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said: &#8220;This is not the Christmas any of us hoped for nor expected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-layout-sticky-region\" data-interscroller=\"true\" data-format=\"floated-mpu\" data-role=\"sticky-region\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-layout\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__target\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__mask\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__content\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-au-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-au site-component-vertical-margin\" data-ad-format=\"mpu-1\" data-type=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p>\n                                            <span class=\"sdc-site-au__label-text\" data-label-text=\"Advertisement\">Advertisement<\/span>\n                                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/what-is-a-bomb-cyclone-the-extreme-winter-storm-hitting-the-us-12773603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is a bomb cyclone?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/in-pictures-us-gripped-by-deep-freeze-as-bomb-cyclone-hits-12773536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In pictures: US gripped by deep freeze<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/us-winter-storm-life-on-the-road-as-deep-freeze-conditions-hit-new-york-state-12774384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life on the road as deep-freeze conditions hit New York State<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-buffalo-new-york-weather_6005961.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-buffalo-new-york-weather_6005961-1.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-buffalo-new-york-weather_6005961.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-buffalo-new-york-weather_6005961-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-buffalo-new-york-weather_6005961-3.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"A man clears snow from his driveway following a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region in Amherst, New York, U.S., December 25, 2022.\" \/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-article-image__caption\">\n        <span class=\"sdc-article-image__visually-hidden\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"sdc-article-image__caption-text\">Buffalo region in Amherst, New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More than 55 million still under weather alerts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At its worst, as many as 1.8 million properties were without power in the US, with thousands of flights cancelled and delayed.<\/p>\n<p>But the number of homes without power is now around 150,000, although more than 55 million Americans remained under wind chill alerts on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada, at least 140,000 homes are without electricity, most of them in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>Four people were killed on Christmas Eve after a bus rolled over in icy conditions on Highway 97C near Loon Lake, about 200 miles east of Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>The local healthcare authority &#8211; Interior Health &#8211; told Canada&#8217;s CBC that 52 people were sent to hospital and 36 needed further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>By early afternoon on Christmas Day, eight people remained in hospital, two of them in a serious condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-ottawa-canada-storm_6005960.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-ottawa-canada-storm_6005960-1.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-ottawa-canada-storm_6005960.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-ottawa-canada-storm_6005960-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/skynews-ottawa-canada-storm_6005960-3.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"A person walks through the Central Experimental Farm during strong winds and snow squalls in Ottawa, Canada, on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Pic: AP\" \/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-article-image__caption\">\n        <span class=\"sdc-article-image__visually-hidden\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"sdc-article-image__caption-text\">Ottawa, Canada. Pic: AP<\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Temperatures could fall as low as -43C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s meteorological agency said that temperatures would remain low in many parts of the country this week.<\/p>\n<p>Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories is expected to fall to -28C (-18F) overnight but, with wind chill factored in, this could be as low as -43C (-45F), bringing the risk of frostbite in just minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehorse, in Canada&#8217;s Yukon territory, was expected to fall to -30C (-22F) with wind chill factored in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 54 deaths have been linked to a severe storm that continues to batter the US and Canada. 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