The New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has
declared a state of emergency as the city of
Buffalo was badly hit with up to 1.8 meters of
snowfall.
At least seven people have died due to the
massive early season snowstorm, described as
one of the worst in living memory, which struck
parts of Michigan, up-state New York and New
Hampshire.
Three people lost their lives from apparent heart
attacks with two of them believed to have been
shovelling, while others died while pushing a
trapped car.
Due to the heavy snowfall, some emergency
vehicles, including ambulances and fire trucks,
had to be abandoned, with patients taken to
hospital by paramedics on snowmobile.
More than 100 vehicles were reported trapped
along a New York State roadway on Wednesday
with a women’s basketball team from Niagara
University left stranded on a roadway for nearly
30 hours before being picked up by authorities.
A woman had to give birth in a Buffalo fire
station after attempts to travel to a hospital
failed.
The wall of snow phenomenon was created by
what is known as the “lake effect”. It hit on a day
when much of the United States was enduring icy
weather.
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