At least 17 people across the US have been killed as the harrowing bomb cyclone pummels the nation with a dangerous mix of heavy snow, raging winds, and sub-zero temperatures.
At Kennedy Airport Saturday, frustrated traveler Amy Sarr, 37, who works in media and events, was trying to get home to see her family in Senegal. She said she flew to New York from Washington, DC, Friday and ran to her connecting flight to Senegal only to sit on the plane for four hours before learning it could not take off.After sleeping at the airport, she was hoping to get on another flight Saturday night. “I’m already missing half of Christmas, which is sad.
There was no relief for those who did manage to make it south with chilly temperatures in Florida meaningA driver died in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday after their car skid into a creek.“For Christmas to be this cold, in some areas it’s historic, especially in the South,” said FOX forecast center meteorologist Stephen McCloud. “It doesn’t get this cold this early.”
He said the main storm system was slowly moving farther north in Canada, which will continue to bring snow to the Great Lakes region through Tuesday. Upstate New York, including Buffalo, was expected to see another foot to two feet of snow, while Michigan is likely to get anywhere between 3 up to 8 inches.
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