at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century , with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area, from canada in the north, down through the us, and reaching mexico. president biden has approved emergency measures, allowing financial support for new york state. buffalo based meteorologist josh nichols says the weather is slightly improving but there s still a long way to go. the situation is no longer as bad as it was in terms of weather. we had the last advisory lifted early this afternoon, we still have a little light snow falling at this time but it is not nearly to the extent of what we have been dealing with. 51.5 inches of snow
at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century, with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area from canada in the north down through the us and reaching mexico. president biden has approved emergency measures, allowing financial support for new york state. buffalo based meteorologist josh nichols says the weather is slightly improving but there s still a long way to go. the situation is no longer as bad as it was in terms of weather. we had the last advisory lifted early this afternoon. we still have a little light snow falling at this time but it is not nearly to the extent of what we have been dealing with. 51.5 inches of snow over four days. there are too many records to describe that 51.5 inches, one of the largest calendar day
daily snowfalls in buffalo weather history is part of that total. we now have more than 100 inches of snow for the season and the season just started. am i right in thinking that some people were found dead in their cars, and a driving ban is still in place? the travel ban is still in effect with the city of buffalo. they have reopened some main thoroughfares like the 90 which is the new york state thruway and others remain closed at this time. it is remarkable that the storm is worse than one of the biggest storms in buffalo weather history which was the blizzard of 1977. more deaths have unfortunately been recorded in this blizzard than what took place in the historic blizzard of 1977. and as the snow melts there is the danger of flooding, presumably.
they couldn t get down the street so now they asked rand in, causing a bigger problem forfirst now they asked rand in, causing a bigger problem for first responders and those emergency services are crippled right now. so, western new york, buffalo, is at a standstill, nobody can really move around. i was readin: nobody can really move around. i was reading about nobody can really move around. i was reading about the nobody can really move around. i was reading about the famous nobody can really move around. i was reading about the famous blizzard of 1977 in buffalo, and i was also reading earlier that people who were there then are saying this is worse? yes, some of the generational western new yorkers who hire spoken to who lived through the 1977 storm, they were young kids at the time, they were young kids at the time, they say this is the worst they have seen since then, i wasn t alive for that but i have covered four major storms in my career, this is the worst one i have see