Officials are assessing the damage at the Ohio Statehouse after a pipe burst during freezing weather, sending water pouring into the Senate chamber and other areas of the building.
The most deaths are in western New York, where 32 people have died in the wake of a massive lake-effect snowstorm, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and local officials.
Among the storm-related causes of death confirmed by the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office were three people who suffered heart attacks while shoveling or blowing snow, 14 people who were found outside and three who died due to an EMS delay.A man skis following a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region on Main Street in Amherst, N.Y., Dec. 25, 2022.A person clears snow as a winter storm rolls through Western New York, Dec. 24, 2022, in Amherst N.Y.
A driving state of emergency remains in effect in Erie County and Poloncarz said police will start issuing summons to people driving around -- "joyriding" -- in violation of the driving ban. He said the city of Buffalo remains impassable. Buffalo received more than 50 inches of snow over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.Poloncarz also said that police are investigating scattered reports of looting in Buffalo.
Poloncarz said 12,473 utility customers countywide remain without power on Monday and he warned some might not have electricity until Tuesday due to the "serious nature of the substation damage." He said power was restored to about 13,000 customers overnight. Among the hundreds who had to be rescued was a group of tourists from around the world on a "winter wonderland bus tour," Poloncarz said. He said the bus got stuck in the Buffalo suburb of Lackawanna and that rescue crews had to evacuate passengers and take them to a nearby shelter.
Hundreds of people have been rescued from cars, Hochul said, adding, "We still have people who need to be rescued."
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