22-year-old Buffalo woman froze to death after being trapped in blizzard for hours
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The death toll continues to rise amid the frigid winter storm that is sweeping across the United States.
One of the latest casualty is a 22-year-old woman. The woman, identified as Anndel Taylor, froze to death while trying to wait out a historic snowstorm currently devastating Buffalo in her car.
Taylor died over the weekend after her car was stranded in snow Friday (December 23) on her way home from work. She is one of 35 to succumb to frigid conditions currently being seen in New York’s second-largest city.
The death toll was released in a statement by officials on Monday (December 26), who announced that Taylor was one of three motorists found dead in a vehicle, defiantly taking to the road despite a ban on personal road travel that remains in effect.
It was stated that Taylor was trapped in her vehicle for 18 hours, as more than 50 inches of snow surrounded her vehicle. It has been reported that she sent a video telling her sister that she was scared before she died.
Officials are warning that more bodies could still be found as they forecast a further foot of snow, as the storm – called a ‘once in a lifetime’ weather disaster by the city’s governor – continues to rage.
In their statement, official revealed the extent of the storm in the Buffalo and Erie County regions, and its continued rising death toll.
Buffalo has borne the brunt of the blizzard, which started Friday and has slammed states from Montana to New York. Officials described the blizzard as ‘the worst storm probably in our lifetime’, and further warned: ‘This is not the end yet.’
“We’ve had so many bodies that various hospitals are full. We’re just having to go through and determine if the individuals who have died from a blizzard-related death,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said.
On Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul granted Poloncarz’s and other officials’ calls to declare a statewide state of emergency in New York – as reports of blizzard-related deaths continue to rise.
As of Tuesday, a total of 70 people have been reported dead.
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