Residents near Buffalo, New York saw massive snowfall that buried cars and shut down many streets.
Two deaths were caused by clearing snow in western New York, as several feet of flurries continue to fall in the area. that pounded parts of New York with prodigious snow totals finally relented in the most affected areas Sunday, but it was expected to bring treacherous travel conditions to localities that had been largely spared.
At least 3 inches of additional snow was likely to fall along the I-90 corridor in western New York, northwest Pennsylvania and northeast Ohio, Weather.com said, and as much as 6 inches were possible over parts of central New York. Hochul deployed about 70 members of the National Guard to help with snow removal in some of the hardest-hit areas and is seeking a federal disaster declaration for them.
The accumulations “would be on the order of historic not only for any time of year but for any part of the country,” National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira said.Explaining how a thunderstorm can produce snow
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