Monique Alexander, 52, left her Buffalo home on Christmas Eve at around 3pm saying she would be right back, but she wound up dying in a brutal winter storm that devastated the city.
A 56 year-old father has been identified as the first victim of the historic winter storm that has frozen much of the US, after apparently freezing to death on a Buffalo street.
The rising death toll comes as parts of New York are preparing for upwards of 30 inches through Tuesday. The ages of those killed in Buffalo and the surrounding areas range from 26 to 93.