Winter storm

The blizzard is one of the worst weather-related disasters in the region's history, and officials expect the death toll to continue climbing. Snow blankets ...

[President Joe Biden said his administration would hold airlines accountable](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/27/biden-airlines-accountable-flight-cancellations/10956375002/) for the mass cancellations and directed travelers to the Department of Transportation to see if they were eligible for compensation. While the storm and its toll on western New York was unprecedented for residents, New York Gov. Thompson said minor flooding was possible but temperatures in the 40s throughout next week would allow for a "slow burn" of the more than "I don’t know how these people can even live with themselves, how they can look at themselves in the mirror," Brown said. Here's what travelers should know.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2022/12/27/southwest-flights-canceled-delayed-ailrine-policy/10955159002/) [Storm and record cold take toll across much of the nation] [The storm and record cold were felt across much of the nation over the weekend, knocking out power to several hundred thousands of homes and businesses, canceling thousands of flights and leading to a host of other problems. "This time around, we won't have to deal with the snow but the fog could be an issue for those that are traveling. Snow isn't in the immediate forecast and temperatures are expected to rise, staying in the 40s throughout next week. A driving ban remained in effect for the city as of Tuesday, and National Guard military police were sent to manage traffic because many residents are defying the ban, Poloncarz said. "[The 1977] storm is the benchmark storm for the Buffalo area," Brian Thompson, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, told USA TODAY. Poloncarz confirmed the storm-related death toll in the county rose to 31 Tuesday evening, with the dead being found in cars, homes, and snowbanks. The storm system, which began before Christmas, pounded Buffalo with more than 50 inches of snow in recent days. For the latest on the Buffalo snow storm and other weather news,

As of Tuesday morning, Hydro-Québec says electricity has been restored for 87 per cent of affected clients who lost power but there are still around 35000 ...

They should also unplug outlets and lower their home’s temperature to prepare for the lights to go back on. The blast of heavy snow, powerful winds and rain led to school closures, hampered commutes and caused flight delays last Friday. “I can imagine the frustration,” he wrote in a Twitter message Tuesday afternoon.

While Tuesday's forecast was nothing like the massive storm that dropped over 4 feet of snow in some places starting Friday, “any additional snowfall that ...

The National Weather Service said the snow total at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport stood at 49.2 inches (1.25 meters) at 10 a.m. Many airlines were forced to cancel flights, but Southwest was by far the leader. Between the two storms, snowfall totals are not far off from the 95.4 inches (242 centimeters) the area normally sees in an entire winter season. She was without heat because of a gas leak, the temperature inside the home was 42 degrees (5.5 Celsius), and burst pipes left her with no running water. County Executive Mark Poloncarz called the blizzard “the worst storm probably in our lifetime,” even for an area known for heavy snow. It is the second-largest city in New York, with about 275,000 residents.

Some drivers were snowed in for two days in Buffalo's monster storm.

Almost 5,000 flights across the country were canceled due to the storm. Now stranded and stuck cars are proving a challenge for clean-up efforts, with snow plows and the few drivers on the road forced to navigate around hulking piles of snow with barely visible tires and headlights poking out. Temperatures in the central plain states dropped to below zero. [according to WHEC](https://www.whec.com/top-news/erie-county-deaths-from-storm-has-risen-to-25/). Officials told [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/weather/arctic-winter-storm-new-york-blizzard-tuesday/index.html) they expect the death toll to rise as cleanup continues. It didn’t help that first responder vehicles were just as likely to be incapacitated by the snow as a passenger car.

Erie county executive says 'this is not the end yet' as forecasters say 9in more snow could fall through Tuesday.

On Christmas Day, residents were told to boil drinking water due to water lines bursting in the cold. Across the US, thousands of domestic and international flights were canceled on Monday. In Jackson, Mississippi, crews struggled to get water through the beleaguered water system, authorities said. The two Democratic New York senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, marked a “once-in-generation blizzard”. That is because the atmosphere can carry more water vapor, which acts as fuel, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Hochul also noted that the storm came a little over a month after a first “historic” snowfall, and said the White House had promised a federal emergency declaration for Erie and Genesee counties, making assistance available. “They have been found a number of different ways,” a spokesman for the Buffalo mayor, Byron Brown, told the New York Times. The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, told reporters: “This blizzard is one for the ages. I would just go because that’s what you do – just drive through the snow,” Carrick said. An ambulance crew eventually transported the woman to hospital about 45 minutes south of Buffalo, because no closer hospitals were reachable. Shahida Muhammad told WKBW an outage knocked out power to the ventilator used by her one-year-old son. Muhammad said her son was doing well despite the ordeal.

As millions of holiday travelers piled into cars and flooded into airports with stuffed bags in tow over the weekend, the paralyzing winter storm that has ...

Soon, Bridget Schuster, Greg Henry, Shobi Maynard and Abby Radcliffe had stuffed into a car and were on their way in what became a 20-hour drive to get home for the holidays. On Monday, the airline had canceled 71% of its flights -- just over 2,900 total -- as of 10:10 p.m. An unfamiliar group of travelers found themselves desperate for a way home on Thursday when their flight from Tampa to Cleveland was abruptly canceled. Soon, the couple's stock of frozen chicken and a pork shoulder was put to use. So he and his wife Andrea invited the 10-person group to wait out the storm in their home, communicating with three members of the group who spoke English, he said. While several airlines canceled or delayed flights, Southwest accounts for a huge share of the flights that have been called off. In his release, Glass said the group was unharmed after walking about a mile through the knee-deep snow. "With the blizzard, it may as well have been in another galaxy." "My family lives in the Tampa Bay area, so we were able to rent a car to go see my family for Christmas," said Jones, traveling with her husband, John. "To close out my career as a referee on the field, I did not anticipate this. Southwest Airlines accounts for a hefty share of the cancellations this week, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in an operations disaster CEO Bob Jordan [has called](https://www.wsj.com/articles/southwests-troubles-mount-as-airline-scraps-more-than-half-its-flights-11672084678) "the largest scale event that I've ever seen." "They've been very apologetic," she said.

Hard-hit Western New York was littered with abandoned cars and piles of snow several feet high after the Christmas blizzard.

[PowerOutage.us](https://poweroutage.us/area/state/new%20york). “This is a horrible situation,” Byron Brown, mayor of Buffalo, said [during a news conference yesterday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXrBxQE47sM). At least [28](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/weather/arctic-winter-storm-new-york-blizzard-tuesday/index.html) of the deaths occurred around Buffalo, New York, where it continues to snow. [NPR reported](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1145518196/us-massive-winter-storm-deaths-weather). The extreme conditions have delayed emergency services across the region, shut off power for thousands, and trapped people in their vehicles and homes. [NBC News reported](https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/at-least-63-dead-after-severe-winter-storm-impacts-u-s-158838853761).

Thousands of Canadians were still without electricity or facing travel headaches on Tuesday, days after fierce winter storms struck right before Christmas, ...

Via said trips from Toronto to Montreal will run on a "modified schedule," but it has warned of possible delays. Service was cancelled for Christmas Day and Boxing Day because of a CN train derailment on Saturday near Grafton, Ont. 30, 2022, and are currently finalizing recovery plans for our remaining passengers in destination," the company said. BC Hydro said about 1,000 customers, mostly in the central Interior, remained without electricity, down considerably from the height of the storm. The storm claimed 57 lives, over half in western New York, officials said on Monday. Officials said the city's airport will be shut through Wednesday morning. County Executive Mark Poloncarz said police would be positioned at entrances to Buffalo and at major intersections. Quebec remains the biggest trouble spot, with about 27,000 homes and businesses without power. Hydro-Québec said it can't give a restoration timeline for all customers because trees and other objects are keeping crews from accessing already difficult-to-reach areas. [stranded for days](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sunwing-cancun-mexico-flights-1.6697993) in Mexico after Sunwing cancelled their flights home, with many accusing the airline of "abandoning" them by not rebooking them on new flights or failing to make it clear where they will stay while they wait to leave. We want to talk to you. Send an email to

Storm-battered Buffalo braced Tuesday for fresh snow while still striving to recover from an epic blizzard that killed at least 34 people, stranded others ...

After only a year since its launch, the James Webb Space telescope has released spectacular images of galaxies, stars and planets in ways previous telescopes have taken years to capture. Researchers exploring how to ease a transplant shortage in the U.S. Virgin Islands -- to enjoy some downtime and warmer weather and to ring in a new year with family. The National Weather Service said the snow total at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport stood at 49.2 inches (1.25 metres) at 10 a.m. Between the two storms, snowfall totals are not far off from the 95.4 inches (242 centimetres) the area normally sees in an entire winter season. The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely, dashing hopes of immigration advocates who had been anticipating their end this week. Kathy Hochul toured the aftermath in Buffalo, her hometown, and called the blizzard "one for the ages." In Buffalo, the dead were found in cars, homes and snowbanks. said officials also were somewhat concerned about the potential for flooding later in the week, when the weather is projected to warm and start melting the snow. The National Weather Service predicted that as much as two inches (2.5 to 5 centimetres) more snow could fall Tuesday in Erie County, which includes Buffalo and its 275,000 residents. "We would have froze to death in here." More than 30 people are reported to have died in the region, officials said, including seven storm-related deaths announced Tuesday by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown's office.

CNW Telbec/ - Again today, more than a thousand workers are hard at work to restore service to customers who are still without power. To date, close to...

We know this is a difficult situation and we want to assure you that we are doing everything we can to restore power as quickly as possible. In addition, access to the power system is difficult. Hydro-Québec wishes to thank customers for their patience and understanding. For these reasons, it is likely that some customers will still be without power for a few days. The challenge is immense: power lines have been downed by strong wind gusts or under the weight of broken tree branches. Please note that the service restoration times shown on the map are approximate and may vary due to the number of outages and the kind of damage.

The city in western New York was among the hardest hit by snow and cold. At least 28 people were killed because of the storm, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown ...

[49 inches of snow](https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202212261532-KBUF-NOUS41-PNSBUF) over three days at Buffalo Niagara International Airport ["one for the ages." [lake-effect snow](https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-lake-effect-snow), which occurs when cold air moves across the Great Lakes and forms cloud bands that can produce two to three inches of snow per hour. One of the hardest-hit carriers, Southwest Airlines, of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (@NYSDHSES) The U.S. "We have gigantic dump trucks that are trying to scoop up the snow ... [canceled](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1145536902/southwest-flight-cancellations-winter-storm) 70% of its flight schedule Monday and already 60% of its schedule Tuesday as of 11:30 a.m. They also helped dig out an— NYS Div. [approved](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/26/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-new-york-emergency-declaration-4/) an emergency disaster declaration for the state Monday night and authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support local disaster relief efforts. [All Things Considered](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1145546293/buffalo-barbershop-takes-in-the-tired-hungry-and-cold) on Monday, Buffalo's mayor called the blizzard "a very devastating and difficult storm, unlike anything that even the city of Buffalo is used to getting." Bodies have been [a driving ban](https://twitter.com/markpoloncarz/status/1607754280143822850?s=20&t=dfsWR964IQWW-PMmsmRMIQ) in effect, Poloncarz said at a [press conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2BAVFR2AE) Tuesday that "too many people" are ignoring the ban.

Vehicles are seen abandoned in heavy snowfall in downtown Buffalo, New York, on Monday. Emergency crews counted the grim costs of a colossal winter storm that ...

[49 inches of snow](https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202212261532-KBUF-NOUS41-PNSBUF) over three days at Buffalo Niagara International Airport ["one for the ages." [lake-effect snow](https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-lake-effect-snow), which occurs when cold air moves across the Great Lakes and forms cloud bands that can produce two to three inches of snow per hour. One of the hardest-hit carriers, Southwest Airlines, of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (@NYSDHSES) The U.S. "We have gigantic dump trucks that are trying to scoop up the snow ... [canceled](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1145536902/southwest-flight-cancellations-winter-storm) 70% of its flight schedule Monday and already 60% of its schedule Tuesday as of 11:30 a.m. They also helped dig out an— NYS Div. [approved](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/26/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-new-york-emergency-declaration-4/) an emergency disaster declaration for the state Monday night and authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support local disaster relief efforts. [All Things Considered](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1145546293/buffalo-barbershop-takes-in-the-tired-hungry-and-cold) on Monday, Buffalo's mayor called the blizzard "a very devastating and difficult storm, unlike anything that even the city of Buffalo is used to getting." Bodies have been [a driving ban](https://twitter.com/markpoloncarz/status/1607754280143822850?s=20&t=dfsWR964IQWW-PMmsmRMIQ) in effect, Poloncarz said at a [press conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2BAVFR2AE) Tuesday that "too many people" are ignoring the ban.