Photos: Deadly US winter storm continues

The deep freeze from a deadly winter storm that walloped much of the United States will continue into the week as people in western New York deal with massive snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles and travelers across the country see cancelled flights and dangerous roads. The death toll from a pre-Christmas blizzard that paralysed the Buffalo area and much of the country has risen to 27 in western New York, authorities said, as the US death toll from the storm rises to at least 48.

A person clears snow as a winter storm rolls through Western New York in Amherst N.Y. A battering winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes  homes and businesses across the United States. It left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages and crippled police and fire departments.

A car sits blanketed in snow on a driveway in Amherst, N.Y.

High winds and snow covers the streets and vehicles in Buffalo, N.Y.

A lone pedestrian in snow shoes makes his way across Colonial Circle as St. John's Grace Episcopal Church rises above the blowing snow amid blizzard conditions in Buffalo, N.Y.

High winds and snow covers the streets and vehicles in Buffalo, N.Y.

Snow blows across U.S. Highway 6 as vehicles drive during a blizzard warning in Iowa City, Iowa.

A winter storm rolls through Western New York in Amherst N.Y.

A winter storm rolls through Western New York.

A person walks on the street as a winter storm rolls through Western New York.