on universal credit. more than 50 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. 27 bodies have been recovered there and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and power lines making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. for five days blizzard conditions have just dropped 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 it by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather with temperatures dropping to -45. the with tempe
about an hour ago i did see an actual plough come through, they were escorted by state troopers as well. you know there are cars on the road and people trying to get out of their houses, so they are just trying to organise and it s good to see them finally out there on the roads, because they have been about two feet above the ground for the last two days. above the ground for the last two days- above the ground for the last twoda s. ., ., , .,, ., two days. you are used to snow there in buffalo, two days. you are used to snow there in buffalo, aren t- two days. you are used to snow there in buffalo, aren t you, - there in buffalo, aren t you, but it has been extraordinary how we continued, that blizzard went on for so many hours, didn t i think 36 hours in total. it sjust been didn t i think 36 hours in total. it s just been pretty much unlike what people are seen before, hasn t it? absolutely. they know people have compared it to the blizzard of 1977 in buffalo. but it is nothing
quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been it by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather with temperatures dropping to -45. the with temperatures dropping to 45. the most impacted residents live here in buffalo, upstate new york, where half of all deaths have been reported. the staples make governors as they are at war with mother nature. , ., ., they are at war with mother nature. ,, ., . ., , nature. anyone who declares victory and nature. anyone who declares victory and says nature. anyone who declares victory and says it s - nature. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, - nature. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, it l victory and says it s over, it is way too early to say that it is way too early to say that it is at completion. the severity is at completion. the severity is downplaying and it may not
days we couldn t get out. holly paolicelli talking to days we couldn t get out. holly paolicelli talking to me - days we couldn t get out. holly paolicelli talking to me a - paolicelli talking to me a little earlier in buffalo. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was ta rgetted by ukrainian drones. russia says it shot down the drones, but three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base contains russian long range bombers, of the type which launched numerous missile strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. caught on cctv. ..an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone, but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers wh