hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state. the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border 27 bodies have been recovered there; and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border.
hello and welcome. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state. the city of buffalo, in new york state, has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border 27 bodies have been recovered there, and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines, making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican b
to help them create cutting edge modern clothing. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved an emergency declaration, following federal support for new york state. the city of buffalo, in new york state, has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border. 27 bodies have been recovered there, and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines, making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretc
in a birmingham nightclub. at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. earlier our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave us this update. a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. they all still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to dig out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped, emergency responders fear people could have been in there for days, they are trying to get roads passable, a driving ban is in effect but they hope that w
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. our north america correspondent nada tawfik has this update. the worst is over in buffalo but it is not over yet, they expect around 13 centimetres of snow. numerous people had said they have never experienced anything this badge, hurricane force winds, near wipe out conditions in the city and the priority at the moment is trying to dig out of the residence. vehicles have been buried, the death toll is over 20 now, emergency responders the other number could go up as they clear out the city. a driving ban is still in effect, residents can hopefully get around as they are trying to clear the roads, there is the hope that people can get basic food supplies after several days stuck inside. then there is t