following the deadly cold storm. About 100 military police are being brought in to help manage traffic in the city,
where public driving is banned, officials said. Officials say the toll is expected to increase as homes are screened.
And people stuck in New York and its surrounding areas were the worst affected.
More than 200,000 people in several eastern states were without power on Christmas morning and
thousands of flights were canceled or delayed due to the widespread travel chaos.
The winter storm was dubbed the weather event of a generation by the National Weather Service forecaster in the U.S. Sadly,
cold arctic air will slow to moderate, but major lake effect snow event downwind of the eastern half of the U.S. Will be
The Great Lakes will gradually dissipate by Tuesday. Officials have warned that rising temperatures in the region
could lead to additional problems, including flooding from melting snow.