Canada Global (Web News) Officials say at least 34 people have died in various incidents in the US, with Buffalo, New York being the worst affected by the blizzard.
According to officials, four people were killed in the city of Merritt in the western province of British Columbia, Canada, where a passenger bus overturned due to slipping on a snowy road.
In America, the executive of Erie County Cars, Mark Polon, told the news agency that the bodies of about seven people were found in the cars due to the severe snow storm and extreme temperature.
The blizzard also claimed lives in Vermont, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas and Colorado.
Apart from this, the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan also received heavy snowfall.
According to the U.S. Weather Service, visibility is zero in Buffalo, New York.
New York Governor Cathy Hoechl, who hails from the city of Buffalo, said the blizzard will be remembered as the worst storm in the history of the city of Buffalo.
Montana, the western state of America, is experiencing extreme cold at the moment and the temperature has dropped to minus 50 degrees Celsius, while the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec have also been severely affected by the snow storm.
About 25 million people have been affected by this storm. At least 1.7 million people are forced to live without electricity in an area of about 3,200 km from the eastern province of Quebec to the southern state of Texas.
However, officials say that the blizzard has wreaked havoc for the past few days and the areas where power was suspended are being gradually restored. More than 1 million people in the US and Canada were forced to spend Christmas Day without electricity.
However, officials say that the blizzard has wreaked havoc for the past few days and the areas where power was suspended are being gradually restored. More than 1 million people in the US and Canada were forced to spend Christmas Day without electricity.
Thousands of flights were canceled due to severe snow storm in North America, millions of people could not reach their loved ones even on Christmas Eve.
Experts warn that frostbite, i.e. the skin and tissues of the body can freeze, in which the nose and hands and feet are mostly affected.
