ship upright. the biden administration s war on fossil fuels is coming for your kitchen, jason. do you like to cook with gas? many people do. i do. it is reportedly considering a ban on gas stoves. the very stoves and cook tops found in 40% of american homes except for year in new york where they ve made the edict you can t have anything but an electric now. the consumer safety commission cites concerns over pollution emitted by appliances. research links them to asthma and other problems. industry spokesperson says this is not news. banning one type of cooking appliance won t address the concerns about overall indoor air quality. people may just need to turn on their hoods when cooking. open a window. critics having a field day with this. one tweeted when you lose power due to a blizzard or hurricane
you can see five o clock in the evening there snow still on the roofs thankfully we can see lights and power thousands of people have been without power due to the extreme weather. the city of buffalo has been particularly badly hit some 20 people dead. awful conditions being bored by so many people with all the latest now we can go to our correspondent. with all the latest, our correspondent nada tawfik reports from new york. buried by record snowfall, buffalo has only begun to dig itself out. up until now, near white out conditions and hurricane force winds created a life threatening situation, paralysing emergency response efforts and trapping vehicles along the roadways. this once in a lifetime blizzard has claimed the lives of at least 28 people here during the holiday weekend. the fear now is that more fatalities will be uncovered by the melting snow.
and they don t know why it occurred. on christmas day more than 14,000 people in the tacoma area were left without power due to vandalism at four separate power substations. authorities have not arrested anyone, and they have not identified a suspect or suspects, and the motive remains unclear. we did get an update on police providing the information on what authorities found and how the investigation is proceeding. take a listen. the suspects cut one of the locks on the fence areas, and made their way inside and caused damage to the substation that ultimately knocked out power for a large amount of residents in the county. it happened in the middle of the night on christmas day causing power outages. nothing was stolen from any of the facilities, so there s a good possibility they are related. we are aware of other incidents
we have also heard from the home secretary, suella braverman he said she is aware of a distressing incident in the channel. she said she is constantly kept updated and our heartfelt thoughts are with those involved. we will keep you up to date with that story and any news on that rescue operation. power cuts in shetland have been declared a major incident after thousands of homes are left without power due to bad weather. energy supplier ssen continues to work on restoring supplies but has warned that disruption could continue until the end of this week. i m nowjoined by our reporter, adam guest who is currently in lerwick, shetland. good morning. how many homes are we talking about in total affected by these power cuts? talking about in total affected by these power cuts? talking about in total affected by these tower cuts? ., , these power cuts? good morning. yes we have 2800
certainly higher than some other industries according to the polling we ve seen. but i think the government is hoping to come for the moment, tough this out and try and win over the public and win over some of the striking workers to call off the strikes. will it work? we are not certain at the moment. certainly when comes to the rmt and the royal college of nursing,. power cuts in shetland have been declared a major incident after thousands of homes are left without power due to bad weather. energy supplier ssen continues to work on restoring supplies but has warned that disruption could continue until the end of this week. let s talk more about the impact felt on the ground with chief inspector and area commander for shetland, stuart clemenson. thank you forjoining us. 0nce thank you forjoining us. once the weather like, how cold is it? good morninu. weather like, how cold is it? good morning- it weather like, how cold is it? good morning- it is weather like, how cold is it? good