Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as "kitchen sink storm" is expected to continue throughout the holiday weekend in New York. RELATED: Holiday travelers stuck at airports after winter storm cancels flights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYYvCIGKnHI A mammoth winter storm that buried some areas in heavy snow and saw dangerous cold temperatures across much of the nation continued to wreak havoc on Christmas Day Sunday. The storm has left at least 28 people dead, knocked out power to several hundred thousands of homes and businesses, canceled thousands of flights and led to at least one boil-water advisory. About 60% of the U.S. had been under a winter weather advisory or warning from the system, which has been called a "once in a generation" storm by forecasters and has stretched from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande on the Mexico border. More than 1,700 domestic and international flights were canceled as of Sunday morning, according to the tracking site FlightAware. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3sxYKpe » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #winter #newyork #snowstorm