Headline Roundup • December 26th, 2022
Dozens Dead as Winter Storm Hits Central US, Western NY
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Dozens of deaths have been reported in western New York and across the Midwest amid severe winter weather.
The Details: Over two-thirds of the U.S. population was under a winter weather advisory heading into the holiday weekend. The Buffalo, N.Y. area was hit with nearly 4 feet of snow, and local media reported at least 27 weather-related deaths in the area. Several fatal car accidents were reported amid bad weather in Ohio, Kansas, and Missouri. And from New England to Tennessee to Florida, temperatures were at or near record lows for the weekend. The weather also contributed to major travel disruptions, especially for Southwest Airlines, which cancelled over 2,800 flights on Monday.
How the Media Covered It: The storm continues to be a top story from news sources across the political spectrum. On Tuesday, NBC News (Lean Left bias) reported that 63 people had died across the U.S. due to the weather. Updated 12/27/22 at 11:07 a.m. ET
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The snow continues to fall and the number of casualties continues to climb in Western New York, as one of the most severe winter storms in the region's recorded history pummels residents.
The exact number of those claimed by the storm is unclear. Sunday night, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz confirmed that a 22-year-old woman was found dead in a car in Buffalo. Poloncarz said that made 13 deaths. Local WIVB, however, reported the number of Erie County victims as at least 18 – 11 in Buffalo, three in Cheektowaga and three in Amherst.
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The huge winter storm that has already killed 50 people in the United States looked set to continue wreaking havoc into Monday with plummeting temperatures and huge snow drifts trapping people inside their homes and snarling travel across the country.
The full brunt of the storm was being felt in western parts of New York, which had become a “warzone,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday, with looting incidents and roads blocked by emergency vehicles.
A "band of heavy lake effect snow" in the Buffalo area was producing two to three inches of...
At least 37 people are dead after a winter storm swept much of the U.S. in the days leading up to Christmas.
Seventeen of the storm deaths were reported in New York, where blizzard conditions buried Buffalo in snow, leaving residents stuck in vehicles and trapped in freezing homes. Emergency vehicles were also trapped by the snow, with crews bailing out and unable to respond to calls for help as ambulances and firetrucks were stuck in snow drifts and whiteout conditions.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said almost every fire truck in the...
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