U.S. authorities lifted the death toll to 34 on Sunday from winter storm Elliot that swept across much of the country.
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The New York state governor said Sunday that at least seven people died in the storm.
In recent days, 12 deaths have been reported in upstate New York; 10 in Ohio; you are in Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky. Deaths have also been reported in Vermont, Colorado and Wisconsin.
A massive winter storm has left at least 28 people dead and about 380,000 homes and businesses without power in the United States, where more than 8,000 flights have been canceled since Friday due to the Arctic blast.#UNITED STATES OF AMERICA #ArcticBlast pic.twitter.com/HOKYXqmMfB
— �� Sarwar �� (@ferozwala)
December 25, 2022
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said 39,000 homes are without power in the state, 27,000 of them in Erie County.
Kathy Hochul warned that the death toll from the storm could increase in the coming hours due to people trapped in homes and vehicles due to heavy snow.
Western New Yorkers: Local travel bans remain in effect.
Please continue to stay off the roads so our crews can plow and we can provide resources to those in need. https://t.co/mz2bLhS5Fn
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul)
December 25, 2022
More than 55 million people are on low-temperature alerts, with December 25 being the coldest since 1983 for cities like Miami, Tampa and Orlando in the state of Florida.
The magnitude of Winter Storm Elliot ranges from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Mexican border.
Travel conditions remain challenging in the Great Lakes and Northwest. Further heavy lake-effect snows hit locations already hit hard. The warm air above the entrenched Arctic air is producing significant ice formation in the Northwest. Light winter/snow mix will move into central US pic.twitter.com/C8IyFk8x91
— National Weather Service (@NWS)
December 25, 2022
The United States Weather Service (NWS) has indicated that temperatures are well below normal from the Rockies to the Appalachians.
According to poweroutage.us, an estimated 200,000 people were without electricity Sunday afternoon.
Due to Winter Storm Elliot, more than 3,000 flights were canceled on Christmas Eve, while 2,000 flights were canceled on December 25th.
