BUFFALO, New York — Some parts of New York got a break on Sunday after the storm spent days dumping snow that could hit cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Many businesses in the worst-hit areas were closed, but highways were reopened and traffic restrictions were lifted in many areas, although snow was expected to bring 2 meters (0.6 meters) of snow Monday morning in some of the most spared areas. the old ones.
“This has been a whirlwind. Without a doubt, this is one for the record,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a briefing Sunday.
Snow began to fall Thursday in the suburbs south of Buffalo. By Saturday, the National Weather Service recorded 77 inches (196 cm) in Orchard Park, home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, and 72 inches in Natural Bridge, a village near Watertown east of Lake Ontario.
A similar multi-day storm has brought more snow than ever to New York, but the severity of Friday’s storm appeared to threaten a record for snowfall in 24 hours: 50 inches (127 centimeters) fell. Camden, New York, on Feb. 1, 1966.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Alumbaugh, who lives in Buffalo, said it’s too early to tell if this year’s snowfall will be worse than in the past.
Hochul is requesting a federal disaster declaration for the affected areas, which could open up aid. He said teams are looking for people living in shelters with enough snow to cause roofs to collapse.
Due to snow, Sunday’s football game between the Buffalo Bills’ and Cleveland Browns was moved to Detroit.
New York City is no stranger to spectacular sea snow, which is caused by cold air that picks up moisture from warm water, then releases it into windblown snow on land.
This month’s blizzard is the worst in the state since November 2014, when some areas south of Buffalo were hit with 2 feet of snow in three days, blowing off roofs and stranding drivers on the New. York State Thruway.
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