A winter storm, which brought freezing winds and swept through the central and eastern United States for days, killed more than 20 people and left tens of thousands of Americans without electricity on Christmas Day.
Erie County, located in New York State and which includes the city of Buffalo, was particularly hard hit, the accumulated snowdrifts reaching ten feet high in some places. At least seven people died there from the storm, county official Mark Poloncarz said at a news conference Sunday. Some were found in cars and others on the road in the snow.
Since Wednesday evening, the United States has been hit by this storm of rare intensity, whose polar winds have caused heavy snowfall, especially in the Great Lakes region. US authorities have confirmed a total of at least 26 deaths linked to these extreme weather conditions in nine states.
