The number of storm fatalities in western New York county has risen to 27

The new death toll brings the total number of people killed in the days-long storm to at least 50 across nine states.

Authorities said on Monday, December 26, that the death toll from a devastating winter storm that froze much of the eastern United States had risen to 27 in western New York, as the region reeled from one of the worst weather-related disasters in its history. Winter storms wreaked havoc on the rest of the United State....