people in the area, we re doing what we can to check on them but we have limited resources a new video comes from california where the snow banks moved by snowplows are about ten feet wide and blocking driveways. the woman dropped his video said she s been trapped in her home ten days but thankfully not lost power. more than 10 million people are under winter weather alerts, the winter storm system expected to roach the great lakes area in the coming hours, with up to eight inches of snow possible in parts of michigan by tuesday. high winds also in the forecast of some cities. . and still to come, a situation very much like hell, we are hearing from ukrainian forces in the eastern city of bakhmut. where there s been to end for the fierce fighting. and oceans cover more than half the surface of the planet.
freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s.. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts, with many those in california. the surprise snowstorms also bringing high winds, streaming across the southwest. and more snow tracking up across the pacific northwest. but the storm system is not spreading just snow, it s also spreading panic as resources go scarce. cities in the san bernardino mountains are facing food and fuel shortages because of dangerous conditions on the roads. to more bouts of heavy snow are expected in the sierra nevada mountains, and across northern california, over the next few days. it will take some time for snow to melt in the city of truckee, where snow banks seem to be taller than vehicles. california highway patrol is warning residents to stay off
normal. but what is still going on is assessing the number of dead. we got an update earlier today from the erie county executive. executive wide 39 deaths confirmed by the medical examiner. but park polencarz said that number is almost certain to rise. listen. there are additional bodies that have been received that are believed to be blizzard deaths but they do need to have an autopsy and additional work done including a 4-month-old who died on christmas day that the medical examiner s office is still trying to determine the death. reporter: so certainly the work of the medical examiner isn t over, and there are still large piles of snow around, and authorities have said there s still a chance they could find people in cars or people trapped under snow banks just because of how horrific this snow was. now, i can tell you there was some good news also earlier today, in part because of the melt that s already happened and the clearing that s already happened. but they were concer
to, rise more than 30 did in buffalo and the surrounding area. some are sad stories of carbon mine oxide poisoning. some are said in that summer outside. we have snow banks and some of our first responders are not hopeful about what we re going to find once those snow banks are cleared. the storm, blowing through. record snowfall in an area accustomed to snow. this is the front of our house. we are buried. i can make it to the front door. as of tuesday morning, buffalo snow total before the season came to exactly 100 inches. here s what it looks like outside of our front door. one, two, three. go, that s the fastest the city has ever reached 100 inches of snow with records that the back to the 18 80s.
vehicles the governor said that scores and scores of vehicles abandoned in ditches and snow banks including rescue vehicles are complicating efforts she also confirmed that the biden administration issued an emergency assistance declaration for the area and phil murphy deployed the new jersey task force 1 to western new york to help because as murphy put it that s what neighbors do meanwhile the holiday travel chaos continues. more than 17,000 flights have been canceled in nearly a week and thousands more delayed nbc news blayne alexander has the latest reporter: this morning for millions of air travelers the holiday rush is quickly becoming the holiday regret. everybody in this line. they re sick of this they re sick. stayed at the airport