Nearly 50 people have died in recent days in the United States due to the impact of the icy storm Elliot
The United States has experienced worst winter storm in the country so far this century. Proof of this is how a gift shop in Wisconsin has turned out. The building, originally made of wood, has been converted into an ice fortress. According to local media, the winds on Christmas day they reached 96 kilometers per hour in the Lake Michigan area.
Nearly 50 people have died in recent days in the United States due to the impact of the icy storm Elliot, which has left heavy snowfall and hurricane-force winds in much of the country, causing the Coldest Christmas in decades.
The most devastated area is the northwest of the state of New York, where the authorities raised the number of deaths from the storm to 27 on Monday. The bodies were found in houses, vehicles and on the street.
The city of Buffalo (New York), on the border with Canada and accustomed to the cold, has been totally collapsed due to snow and its airport remains closed.
New York Governor, Kathy Hochulsaid it has been the “most devastating storm” in memory in the area and has asked citizens to avoid driving on the road.
With these new data, the local media already raise the number of deaths from Elliot to close to 50 in the United States, many trapped in vehicles on the highways.
In addition to New York, there have been deaths due to the cold or accidents in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, according to local media.
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