Photos of ice-covered piers and homes hit by the deadly blizzard look like something out of a sci-fi movie

Winter storm Elliott swept across the US and Canada over Christmas weekend. The storm dumped four feet of snow on Buffalo, New York, and the strong winds and icy temperatures killed at least 27 people in the area. Dozens of people have died across the US due to the storm.

Elliott became the most lethal winter storm that Buffalo has seen in at least 100 years, with the death toll dwarfing that of the historic 1977 storm that killed 23 people. Gov. Kathy Hochul called it the "blizzard of the century."

Source: Syracuse.com

Elliott's hurricane-like winds — which reached up to 70 miles per hour — caused waves from Lake Erie to batter homes and piers on the shore, covering them in water and ice.

A man was seen inspecting his icy house after it got slammed by waves from Lake Erie and froze over.

The ice-covered homes look like something from a sci-fi film as they sit covered in thick frost and ice along the water.

A large house on Hoover Beach in Hamburg, New York, looks like an ice castle after facing waves and spray from Lake Erie combined with freezing temperatures.

A pier on Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada, faced the same icy fate as some homes in Western New York, piled high in ice and taking on a new form.

Once the storm subsided on Tuesday and roads began to be cleared, people ventured out into the winter wonderland to take photos of the ice-covered pier in Ontario.