National Guard Checks Homes in Buffalo for Storm Victims

National Guard Checks Homes in Buffalo for Storm Victims
Legend Excavating owner Travis Storer works to remove snow off Route 33 in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 27, 2022. Joseph Cooke/The Buffalo News via AP
The Associated Press
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BUFFALO, N.Y.—The National Guard went door to door in parts of Buffalo on Wednesday to check on people who had lost power during the area’s deadliest winter storm in decades, and authorities faced the tragic possibility of finding more victims amid melting snow.

As a deep freeze eased into milder weather, the National Guard members were knocking on doors in those neighborhoods in Buffalo and its suburbs, said Mark Poloncarz, the top official in the county that encompasses New York’s second-most-populous city.