Blizzard around Buffalo, New York buried snow plows, stranded motorists in cars and killed at least 13 people
The lethal blizzard took form late on Friday and pummeled western New York through the Christmas holiday weekend, capping an Arctic freeze and winter storm front that had extended over most of the United States for days, as far south as the Mexican border.
Numbing cold combined with howling winds and heavy"lake-effect" snow - the result of moisture picked up by frigid air moving over warmer lake waters - produced a storm that Governor Kathy Hochul said would go down in history as"the Blizzard of '22". Despite a ban on road travel imposed since Friday, hundreds of Erie County motorists were stranded in their vehicles over the weekend, with National Guard troops mobilised to help with rescues hindered by blinding white-out conditions.County Chief Executive Mark Poloncarz told reporters that snow drifts as high as eight feet on roadways were too thick and heavy to clear with conventional snow-removal equipment.
Although power had been restored to most Erie County utility customers, as of yesterday evening about 15,000 homes remained without electricity, according to Mr Poloncarz.
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