Dozens of deaths are now linked to a fearsome winter storm blanketing much of the US and Canada.
A severe winter storm that has swept across North America has left the city of Buffalo, New York, looking like a war zone, the state governor has said."This is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting us with everything she has" since Thursday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul said.
Blizzard conditions are stretching from Canada as far south as the Rio Grande, killing at least 50 people nationwide.Governor Hochul, a native of Buffalo, said: "It is going to a war zone, and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking." She said residents were facing a "life-threatening situation", as many emergency vehicles were unable to reach worst-hit areas or got stuck in snow themselves.
One family with young children - aged 2 to 6 - had to wait for 11 hours before being rescued in the early hours of Christmas Day. "I was basically just hopeless," the father, Zila Santiago, told CBS News. He said he had managed to stay warm by keeping the engine running and kept distress at bay by playing games with the children.
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