The airport set a daily snowfall record of 21.5 inches Saturday, shattering the previous daily record of 7.6 inches set in 2014, the local weather office said. “Thank you for just following the directions, staying off the roads, and as a result, all the major thoroughfares are open now in western New York and the north country, with some limitation,” Hochul said at a briefing Sunday morning.Īir travel also has been snarled by the record snow, with dozens of flights arriving and departing from Buffalo Niagara International Airport canceled as storm conditions worsened, according to the airport’s website. While officials earlier said some vehicles had to be towed after being stuck on the side of the road or involved in accidents, Hochul thanked New Yorkers who adhered to travel advisories and stayed home. The Thruway has reopened to all traffic.” Please use caution if you are traveling today. We have large snowblowers like this working around the clock to clear snow. The New York State Thruway Authority tweeted, “Crews are out this morning on the Niagara Thruway (I-190) removing #snow from the shoulders. “If you’re trying to enter an area where a travel ban exists, you will meet a friendly neighborhood New York State trooper who will immediately give you a ticket for violating the travel ban,” Poloncarz said. ![]() Nearly 400 citations have been issued to drivers who have been found violating travel bans in the region, Poloncarz, the Erie County executive, said. Kathy Hochul tweeted many roads in Buffalo and Watertown have been able to reopen and “traffic is starting to move again!” Travel bans were in effect for much of Erie County, but as of Sunday morning New York Gov. On Saturday night, the weather service warned the latest band would make travel conditions severe in a matter of minutes. The multiday weather event has made travel in the region difficult, triggering the closing of roads, driving bans and flight cancellations the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Orchard Park, where the NFL’s Buffalo Bills play, picked up 77.0 inches in a 48-hour period, and Natural Bridge, just east of Watertown, picked up 72.3 inches - historic numbers for the area. Snowfall totals of more than 6 feet have been recorded in two locations, according to the weather service. Record snowfall creates treacherous travel Winds could gust as high as 45 mph across the Great Lakes region, which will lead to very cold conditions with temperatures feeling like single digits to slightly below zero. ![]() The heaviest snowfall Sunday will be east of Lake Ontario, where up to a foot of additional snow is forecast with localized areas potentially seeing even more. Two people have died in this storm from cardiac complications related to shoveling snow and attempting to clear the ground, Poloncarz said.Īs the heaviest snow slid south of the greater Buffalo area into southern Erie and Chautauqua counties overnight, an additional 6 to 18 inches is possible in the region, especially across higher terrain, CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam said. At least 13 people died in that storm and the weight of the snow caused dozens of roofs to crumble under the impact. “ Snowvember” refers to a storm in the Buffalo area in November 2014, where nearly 7 feet of snow was dumped in three days. “The proactive approach continues to work.” “This was a RECORD-BREAKING storm that in some ways was more intense than Snowvember, the relatively quick recovery is a testament to everyone’s preparation and planning,” Poloncarz tweeted. ![]() Erie County, which includes Buffalo, experienced its largest-ever amount of snowfall in a 24-hour period Saturday, according to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
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