The National Guard went door to door in parts of Buffalo to check on people who lost power during the area’s deadliest winter storm in decades, and authorities faced the possibility of finding more victims amid melting snow.
Anndel Taylor, 22, died in her car after it got stuck on her way home from work, her family As a deep freeze eased into milder weather Wednesday and the number of lingering outages dwindled, New York National Guard members knocked on doors in Buffalo and its suburbs.
Twenty-five Guard teams were making such rounds Wednesday, spokesperson Eric Durr said by phone. He said troops had made some wellness checks previously but went out with a specific list of questions, including whether residents had food, water, electricity or any special health or medication concerns.
“The city did everything that it could under historic blizzard conditions,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, a Democrat, said at a news conference.
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