(John Waller via AP)In this drone image, snow blankets a neighborhood, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Cheektowaga, N.Y. The extreme weather stretched from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico. Unable to get help, they spent hours with the engine running, buffeted by wind and nearly buried in snow. ADVERTISEMENTBy 4 a.m. Saturday, their fuel nearly gone, Ilunga made a desperate choice to risk the howling storm to reach a nearby shelter. ADVERTISEMENTThe storm knocked out power in communities from Maine to Seattle.
