been found dead at an indian hotel. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century , with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state , where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area , from canada in the north , down through the us , and reaching mexico. president biden has approved emergency measures , allowing financial support for new york state. this is the scene live you can see it is very great and cold but from people we have spoken to it through the course of the day the weather added little better today allowing some of those rescue efforts to get under way. it stopped snowing and it is bitterly cold. i can show you some pictures from the other side of the country. it is los angeles airport but thousands of flights cancelled at around 11 in the morning. a lot of people in the wrong place
with me to explain this further is bbc weather s sarah keith lucas. where is this all coming from? why are we seeing this freakish weather? i few things are happening at the moment and coming together. thejet stream is what delivers our weather so areas of low pressure and high pressure come from the jet scream. at the moment, it s really far north. so that s saying we re seeing more commonly as our climate warms up, thejet stream pushing more commonly as our climate warms up, the jet stream pushing further north and sitting there in a block pattern. so we see notjust a feed of warm air pushing up from the south but it sticks around because of the blocks jet stream. it is not delivering the same areas of low pressure and high pressure in succession butjust sitting there day upon day and allowing things to