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It's pretty damn cold in most of the US. In the past few days, at least 50 people have died in extreme cold – sometimes more than -40 °F below zero – and heavy snowfall.

In the district of Erie County in the state of New York alone, 27 people died, as Marc Poloncarz, the district manager, announced on Twitter on Monday (local time). Nationwide, more than 51 people were killed in connection with Arctic winter storm Elliott, ABC reported. The broadcaster NBC even put the death toll at 56.

Tommy Roetzer shovels his driveway clear of snow in Buffalo, New York

In the district of Erie County in the state of New York alone, 27 people died, as Marc Poloncarz, the district manager, announced on Twitter on Monday. Nationwide, more than 51 people died in connection with Arctic winter storm Elliott, ABC reported. The broadcaster NBC even put the death toll at 56.

One of the cold victims is Charles Wilson Ligon Jr. (57). The homeless man froze to death while trying to travel from Louisiana to his family in Tennessee, USA.

Taylor was trapped for around 18 hours before dying in the freezing cold.

The weather disaster particularly hard hits the city of Buffalo (New York state). Depressing: Despite the urgent warnings, some people are surprised in their cars – as the fate of a 22-year-old woman shows. Anndel Taylor's car got stuck in a gigantic snowdrift on her way back from work at the weekend - and she was unable to free herself and get to safety. Taylor was trapped for around 18 hours before dying in the freezing cold. Exhaust fumes are said to have entered her car. Taylor was one of three drivers up to that point who was driving her vehicle despite an applicable driving ban.

At its peak, up to 1.6 million homes were without power, according to the PowerOutage website.

"My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones this holiday weekend," wrote President Joe Biden, 80, on Twitter.

Water from Lake Erie was blown onto a restaurant in Hamburg, New York, freezing everything.

Kathy Hochul (64), the governor of the badly affected state of New York, spoke of a "historic snowstorm" and warned of further snowfalls in Buffalo, where dozens of people have already died. "The storm is easing, but we're not over the hill yet," she wrote on Twitter. She called on people not to take any risks and stay at home.

Experts fought to enable people to have electricity again

"Elliott" brought meter-deep snow, temperatures in the double-digit minus range, and hurricane-force winds to large parts of the USA over the Christmas weekend. The region around the Great Lakes northeast of the USA and on the border with Canada was particularly affected.

The Arctic cold front also messed up the Christmas plans of many travelers: According to the flight data website "FlightAware," more than 10,000 flights were canceled from Friday to Sunday.