From dreamsforce.com

An important downtime storm that hit North America has claimed further lives in the USA state of New York, original officers say.

At least 34 people have failed in Erie County, which includes the megacity of Buffalo, County Executive Mark Poloncarz said Wednesday.

Authorities are still trying to identify the three victims.

At least 60 people have failed in eight countries after storms swept across the United States over the vacation weekend.

Further deaths have passed in Erie County in recent days than in the ignominious Buffalo blizzard of 1977. According to the National Weather Service, 29 people failed in that storm.

" It's a terrible storm that has caused numerous deaths," Mr. Poloncarz said at a news conference on Wednesday morning.

But conditions are starting to ameliorate in some of the hardest-hit areas of the United States — including New York.

Smaller than,000 homes are now without power in Erie County, and 95 of residers should have power restored by the end of the day, Mr. Poloncarz said.

The megacity of Buffalo which saw further than four bases(1.2 measures) of snow- has made progress clearing roads, county officers said. At least 65 of the megacity's roads have at least one lane available, although driving restrictions remain in place due to dangerous conditions, Mr. Poloncarz said.

And the original Buffalo Niagara International Airport restarted at 1100a.m. original time( 1600 GMT) after being closed last Friday while rail service to the megacity proceeded on a limited schedule.

The U.S. National Guard is going door-to-door in areas around the county to conduct weal checks on those who have lost their capacities because officers are" concerned" that some people living alone may die during the storm, Mr. Poloncarz said.

As temperatures rise and snow begins to melt, the county is now preparing for the possibility of flooding, the county director said.

Away in the United States and Canada, residents are still dealing with the fate of deadly downtime storms as well as new dangerous rainfall systems.

The western United States and Rocky Mountain countries are passing strong winds and rain due to an" atmospheric swash," a long, narrow channel of humidity in the atmosphere that can beget heavy rush.

A" deep and fast-moving storm system" could beget flash flooding and showers and is anticipated to" persist into the coming weekend," according to the Weather Forecast Center.

The system has formerly caused flooding in the western countries of Washington and Oregon, were further than,000 guests were without power by Wednesday morning, according to outage shamus PowerOutage.us.

Olympia, the capital of Washington state, saw a record-high drift of 18.4 bases(5.6 measures), which officers said brought marine life into the megacity's thoroughfares.

Heavy snow is also read in the Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and Rocky Mountain ranges as wettish air moves east, the Weather Prediction Center said.

Meanwhile, some Canadian residents are still floundering with power outages as a result of the storm, including about 19,000 guests in the fiefdom of Quebec, mileage provider Hydro- Quebec said Wednesday.

In Ontario, electricity supplier Hydro One said further than 10,000 guests were still without power.