Bills’ superstar receiver Stefon Diggs takes to Twitter in support of people struggling in Buffalo

Buffalo Bills all-pro wide receiver Stefon Diggs sent out a tweet asking for people to ‘please pray for the safety of everybody in Buffalo.’

Diggs’ tweet comes in the midst of a historic winter storm that has become the deadliest storm in 50 years to hit the city.

‘Please pray for the safety of everybody in Buffalo,’ Diggs wrote, with a heart emoji. 

As of Monday afternoon, the death toll in upstate New York had climbed to a total of 27 people, while the combined death toll between the United States and Canada had reached 55.

At least 27 people have died as the worst winter storm to hit the area in 50 years rages on 

A local restaurant near Lake Erie in Buffalo is completely covered and enclosed by massive ice sickles

The Bills organization was already impacted by the storm from early on after the team had to spend Christmas Eve in Chicago following their game against the Chicago Bills due to all of the local airports closing due to the intense snow fall.

Shelters and nursing homes are now starting to run out of food, Erie County Executive Marc Poloncarz said at a news conference Monday morning.

‘This is the worst storm probably in our lifetime and maybe in the history of the city,’ he said. ‘And this is not yet the end.’ 

The city of Buffalo is expected to receive another six to 12 inches of snow, as other areas of the country are also experiencing life threating conditions from the cold.

Temperatures in Montana dropped as low as -50F(-45C) and to -37F(-38C) in Des Moines, Iowa, which is well cold enough for people there to suffer frostbite in less than five minutes.

A weather map shows the freezing conditions across large parts of the country today

A drone image shows the deep freeze in Cheektowaga, New York, covered in a blanket of snow

Buffalo’s snowfall total for all of the 2022-2023 season is less than three inches away from the total normal seasonal snow for the area 

Upon returning home Bills players too had to deal with the aftermath the storm New York Governor Kathy Hochul called ‘one of the worst in history,’ and said left the city of Buffalo looking like a ‘war zone.’

Furthermore, 47,000 people in the Buffalo and Niagara area were without power as of Christmas Eve according to the Buffalo News.

Bills corner Dane Jackson was seen struggling through the smallest of spaces to squeeze into his care which was surrounded by what looked like a fortress of snow.

Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin also shared a video to his Instagram that showed a car driving away with a massive chunk of snow on it.

Dane Jackson had to shovel his car out of its parking spot as he arrived back in Buffalo

Jackson was barely able to squeeze into his car due to the surrounding snow

A car with a massive chunk of snow still attached drove by in Damar Hamlin’s video