the country in traffic accidents from freezing to death in the elements or from a range of other causes as a direct result of this storm. multiday snowfall totals have been titanic, up to 43 inches in hard hit buffalo. governor hochul requesting a federal disaster declaration due to the historic winter storm. it is devastating. it is going to a warzone and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking. it is not just small vehicles, it is literally snowplows, it is major size recovery vehicles and utility vehicles and tow trucks. so we have a real challenge right now are we have roads blocked. roads are literally blocked by emergency vehicles so that has made it extremely challenging for us. effect on air travel on a crucial holiday week end was nothing shorts of catastrophic. there were a total of more than 11,000 flights canceled friday, saturday and sunday. this morning so far airlines have canceled another 1300 flights. nationwide more than 60,000 homes and bus
calling it the blizzard of the l calling it the blizzard of the century, the scenes she is right. you talk about people in cars being trapped. that is just horrible, to think that people with their families on their pets were stuck in cars. do you know if everyone has been accounted for yet, or is there still concern that there might be people who haven t been reached yet? at this point, what has not been clear, the communication with the county under city, where we fall on those welfare checks, with stranded cars. i ve been out reporting and trying to check on different parts of our city, outside the city under suburbs. we still cars stranded. they are putting caution tape around the cars, noting to other officials and law enforcement agencies to let them know that we have checked that car, and nobody is inside. so i think they are still going around trying to do as many checks as they can. they are in the aftermath phase right now, trying to see if anyone is still out there. we right
that is just horrible, to think that people with their families and their pets were stuck in cars. do you know if everyone has been accounted for yet, or is there still concern that there might be people who haven t been reached yet? at this point, what has not been clear, the communication with the county and city, where we areon those welfare checks, with the county and city, where we are on those welfare checks, with stranded cars. i ve been out reporting and trying to check on different parts of our city, outside the city and the suburbs. we still see cars stranded. they are putting caution tape around the cars, noting to other officials and other law enforcement agencies, to let them know that we have checked that car, and nobody is inside. so i think they are still going around trying to do as many checks as they can. as i said, in the aftermath phase right now, trying to see if anyone is still out there. severe flooding in the southern philippines has killed at least 25 people.
those who had no power and needing help. here in the heart of buffalo, this is what the streets look like because the plow trucks spent all of yesterday clearing the way as soon as visibility was restored, as soon as conditions improved. the goal here is to reassess as we begin the workweek, to reassess the situation and see if the road restrictions could be lifted. the many priority the main pr was to make sure that people were safe. they recorded at least 7 deaths, some were homeless, and governor hochul confirmed that some of the dead were also found inside of stranded cars. so it gives you an idea of the sense of urgency that we experienced this christmas weekend in and around buffalo, what is widely considered as