Category: winter blizzard

Man Who Rescued 24 People During Buffalo Blizzard Gifted Super Bowl Tickets

Jay Withey, who helped save 24 people during a snowstorm in Buffalo, New York, last month was rewarded for his actions on Friday with tickets to the upcoming Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. Retired Bills running back Thurman Thomas and his wife, Patricia Thomas, surprised Withey at work with two tickets to Super Bowl LVII…


Blizzard Blasts Nunavut, 135 km/h Winds Rip Off Stairs and Crush Cabins

IQALUIT—Pangnirtung mayor Eric Lawlor couldn’t see out his windows on Sunday. That’s when a day-long blizzard hit the Baffin Island community of about 1,500, shaking houses and crushing cabins. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, winds reached 135 km/h that day. “It was like an all day thing. The wind was so strong,” Lawlor…