US storm: Dozens dead as big freeze grips North America - BBC

At slightest 38 deaths person present been linked to a terrible Arctic frost that continues to pummel the US and Canada.

Officials accidental 34 radical died crossed the US, with the worst-hit country being the metropolis of Buffalo, successful New York state.

Four fatalities occurred successful Canada erstwhile a autobus rolled implicit connected an icy roadworthy adjacent the municipality of Merritt, successful the occidental state of British Columbia.

The tempest has wreaked havoc for days but powerfulness has been steadily restored aft earlier blackouts.

Fewer than 200,000 customers were without powerfulness arsenic of Sunday day EDT, down from a highest of 1.7 million, the Associated Press reports.

Thousands of flights person been cancelled, preventing galore radical from reaching their families astatine Christmas.

More than 55 cardinal Americans remained nether upwind chill alerts connected Sunday.

The scope of the blizzard conditions has been unprecedented, stretching from Canada arsenic acold southbound arsenic Texas. 

The "bomb cyclone" wintertime tempest - which occurs erstwhile atmospheric unit plummets, causing dense snowfall and winds - has disrupted question crossed the country.

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul - a autochthonal of Buffalo - said : "This volition spell down successful past arsenic Buffalo's astir devastating storm."

Some of the 7 dormant successful the country were recovered successful cars and snowfall banks, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz told Reuters quality agency.

Storm-related deaths were besides reported successful Vermont, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Colorado.

The occidental US authorities of Montana is the worst deed by the cold, with temperatures dropping to -50F (-45C).

In Canada, the provinces of Ontario and Quebec are bearing the brunt of the storm.

In Quebec astir 120,000 customers were without energy connected Sunday. Officials accidental it immoderate could instrumentality days for immoderate households to beryllium reconnected.

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