At least 60 lives have been lost in weather-related incidents across the United States, according to an NBC News tally, from an arctic deep freeze and sprawling storm front that extended over most of the country for days, as far south as the Mexican border.
The greater Buffalo region, on the edge of Lake Erie near the Canadian border, was hardest hit.
With snow continuing to fall on top of more than 4 feet dumped on Buffalo since the blizzard took shape on Friday (December 23), New York’s second-largest city stood as ground zero for a storm the governor called an “epic, once-in-a-lifetime” weather disaster.
