Winter Blizzard Leaves 27 People Dead

The tragic numbers are coming in from Buffalo, New York, and reveal 27 people are confirmed dead due to the deadly blizzard.

Emergency responders have been finding people frozen in the streets, and in stranded cars.

Others were found frozen to death in their homes because their electricity was cut off due to high winds.

A powerful blizzard killed at least 27 people in western New York as rescue workers tried to save people across the U.S.

In #Buffalo, people were found dead at home. Some reportedly died while shoveling snow.

An official called it “the worst storm probably in our lifetime.” pic.twitter.com/OG5CbcHY6w

— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 26, 2022

At least 27 dead in Buffalo from "once in a generation" winter storm https://t.co/ONvi7PtrdG

— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) December 27, 2022

CNN shared tehse details:

Days into a deadly winter storm that bedeviled much of the country, officials in Buffalo, New York, are focused on restoring power, plowing roads and checking homes and cars for anyone still stranded, with expectations more residents will be found dead.

At least 27 people have died as a result of the storm in New York’s Erie County as Buffalo was buried by up to 43 inches of snow and slammed with fierce blizzard conditions that made for blinding drives over the Christmas weekend. At least 22 others across nine US states have been reported dead in the storm.

Meantime, Buffalo remains under a winter weather advisory until Tuesday afternoon, with up to 7 more inches of snow possible and a daytime high of 30 degrees falling to 26 at night in New York’s second-most populous city.

The storm already in Buffalo has been deemed more ferocious than the blizzard of 1977, which left 23 people there dead. The weekend weather “was just horrendous,” Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said. “And it was horrendous for 24 hours in a row.”

Indeed, blizzard conditions were recorded for 37.5 hours, CNN meteorologist Tom Sater said, noting, “That just doesn’t happen.”

Even emergency and recovery vehicles have gotten stuck in snow, with Buffalo “impassable in most areas,” Poloncarz said Monday.

Conditions improved Monday, making it easier for rescue crews to reach hundreds stranded, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said. “In some of these circumstances, some of these people might not have survived if it weren’t for the efforts of first responders to rescue them from vehicles,” he said.

Here are some videos of just how bad the storm really was:

This is how it’s cold in Buffalo, New York pic.twitter.com/rPzBem1Cie

— Domenico (@AvatarDomy) December 27, 2022

Imagine opening your door to this this morning…

Out of Buffalo, New York @StormHour @spann pic.twitter.com/Z0nRHXi9f1

— Greg Pollak (@GregPollak) December 26, 2022

The only way to move abandoned vehicles across Buffalo, New York after the historic blizzard impacted the area!

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— Live Storm Chasers (@LiveStormChaser) December 26, 2022

CBS had these details to add:

Western New York is bracing for even more snow after a devastating winter storm over the weekend killed at least 27 people in the Buffalo area.

New York remains under a state of emergency and there is still a travel ban in the Buffalo area, where highways were shut down for the 4th straight day Monday.

There have been more than 500 rescues throughout the region since Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul has warned it is too dangerous to drive, but thousands are without heat or electricity.

Parts of the state are buried in 4 feet of snow after the record-breaking storm with winds reaching nearly 80 mph.