New York’s death toll from the winter storm has risen to 31

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (EFE) Hardest hit in this state.

According to Boloncars’ tweet, 17 people were found on the street, 7 died due to lack of heating, three were found in a car, three others died due to heart problems, and one due to the emergency medical service not being able to arrive on time.

said Poloncars in a tweet, who today gave a news conference saying that the military and state police are working together to keep people off snowy roads in Buffalo, the hardest-hit city in the county, which has the highest death toll, with 27 deaths.

This number could increase in Buffalo as cleanup efforts continue.

According to the county official, some people are violating Buffalo’s driving ban.

And the local media reports that the number of deaths already exceeds the number of deaths that occurred during another storm in 1977, which claimed 29 lives.

Poloncars also noted that more than 7,000 workers are continuing efforts to restore power to Erie homes affected by the Elliott-induced blackout, which left more than 50 people dead nationwide over the Christmas holidays, most of them in New York.

Some of the highways in Erie County have already reopened today and the rest are expected to reopen tomorrow, according to Gov. Cathy Hochul.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said the east and south of the country saw warmer temperatures on Tuesday as the storm subsided, while another cold front reached the west coast with snow and rain.

However, despite Elliott’s end, the air chaos continued just days before another holiday, New Year’s, with more than 3,000 flights canceled Tuesday, according to the Flight Aware portal, leaving thousands of passengers on the ground who had planned to travel during the holidays.

Hardest hit are users of Southwest Airlines, which is responsible for 63% of cancellations and its phone service lines are saturated.

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