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(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Thirty-seven people have died in Erie County, New York, after a historic winter storm slammed Buffalo. Fatalities including people found in cars, people found outside and cardiac events from shoveling or blowing snow, according to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz. Monique Alexander Among those killed was 52-year-old Monique Alexander, a Buffalo woman
(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Thirty-seven people have died in Erie County, New York, after a historic winter storm slammed Buffalo. Fatalities including people found in cars, people found outside and cardiac events from shoveling or blowing snow, according to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz. Monique Alexander […]
(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Thirty-seven people have died in Erie County, New York, after a historic winter storm slammed Buffalo. Fatalities including people found in c
cancellations for tomorrow and we are still talking to so many passengers who are looking for their lost luggage or in many cases still stranded trying to figure out how to get home. pam? >> yeah, still a mess. gabe cohen, thank you so much. and as terrible as it is, if flight delays were the only part of this winter weather story it would be a blessing. sadly, though, it is not. upwards of 62 storm-related fatalities nationwide. at least 37 now in the buffalo area. where the fear is it will continue to climb as emergency crews make their way through neighborhoods that are just now becoming accessible. cnn's miguel marquez is there. >> reporter: buffalo digging out. officials here responding to criticism they should have done more. >> 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts for three hours straight with less than a quarter-mile visibility. this was an extreme blizzard, maybe the category 5 of blizzards. >> reporter: casey macaroon's mother monique alexander died in the storm on christmas eve.
temperatures rise. we've already seen a lot of snow melt as it is. and one more thing. we're expecting to get an update at the press conference at noon about what more there is to be done to clear the snow snt city and the death toll. and police did finish going through all of the checks, those 1100 unanswered 9 1u11 call and we could see that number rise. >> it is sad to continue to hear the death toll numbers. but it is amazing to see the ground there behind you, athena. things are melting. thank you so much. and among the victims of the winter storm in buffalo is 52-year-old monique alexander, she died just 200 feet from her house. >> it is hard. her grandkids were waiting for her to come home. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong right
reopening after that deadly blizzard that brought more than 50 inches of snow. the storm blamed not at least 37 deaths. miguel marquez spoke with the daughter of one of the victims, monique alexander. >> her grandkids were waiting for her to come home. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong right away, though. so, i kind of accepted it instantly. but it is hard knowing that she was outside for so long, too. >> and monique alexander was only 52 years old. the mayor of buffalo byron brown joins us on the phone. thank you for joining us. let's begin with how your city is faring this morning and your level of concern about a real flooding risk because of the elevates temperatures coming. >> we continue to dig out and open up the city. made a lot of progress.