New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz reported 12 deaths in Erie County that ranged from people ages 26 to 93 during a press conference Sunday evening.
later on another four deaths were confirmed in the city to bring that total to 10 fatalities.
Hochul called the storm an “epic, once in a lifetime storm” that made it impossible for emergency services and even plow trucks to travel.Volunteer snowmobiles were dispatched to help stranded motorists who have been in their cars for more than a day. was not yet out of the woods, said Christopher Tate, associate weather producer and meteorologist at Fox Weather.
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