Thursday, December 29, 2022 | 1:33 p.m.
Storm Elliot has already accumulated 57 fatalities so far in its passage through the United States and Canada. Proof of this brutal cold wave that affects the countries of the north are the snapshots that make Niagara Falls look like never before.
These falls are a tourist attraction that is located on the border of both countries and receives hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, in the midst of this extreme polar wave, it can be seen how the Elliot storm is responsible for its partial freezing.
In the images spread through social networks, you can see blocks of ice on the Niagara River, trees covered by snow, mountains of snow near the shore and all sides of the landscape also covered by ice spikes.
AFTER A BLIZZARD, NIAGARA FALLS IS OFFICIALLY A WINTER WONDERLAND â„ï¸ ðŸ’™ pic.twitter.com/1Jjc2xykuL
— Niagara Action (@NiagaraAction) December 28, 2022
the drama continues
The death toll in New York from the winter storm Elliot that has affected the United States in recent days rose to 31, according to Marc Poloncarz, chief political officer of Erie County, the most affected in this state.
According to a Poloncarz tweet, 17 people were found on the street, 7 died due to lack of heating, three were found in a vehicle, another three died of heart problems and one because the emergency medical service could not arrive on time. .
“Very sadly, the medical examiner has confirmed another 3 deaths. The total is now 31″, said Poloncarz, who gave a press conference on Tuesday in which he reported that the military and state police are working together to keep people away from the snow-covered roads in Buffalo, the city most affected county, where the highest number of fatalities were recorded, with 27 deaths.
The number of deaths already exceeds those that occurred during another storm in 1977, which claimed the lives of 29 people, according to local media.
Poloncarz also indicated that more than 7,000 workers continue their efforts to restore power to Erie homes affected by blackouts caused by Elliot, which left more than 50 dead in the country during the Christmas holidays, most of them in New York. .
