Buffalo Braces For Up To Another Foot Of Snow

The Guardian reports:

Buffalo residents gathered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for more victims on Monday, after 28 people died in one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit western New York state.

Up to 12 inches more snow could fall in some areas of western New York through Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

“This is not the end yet,” said the Erie county executive, Mark Poloncarz, calling the blizzard “the worst storm probably in our lifetime”, even for an area accustomed to punishing snow.

NBC News reports:

Families in western New York were scrambling to find food, medicine and other essentials Monday after a historic blizzard blocked roads and cut off electricity, forcing many major supermarkets and pharmacies to close.

In Buffalo, where at least 18 people have died, the two largest supermarket chains have been closed since Friday as the latest forecast called for another 6 to 12 inches of snow.

“There are no stores open. It’s whatever you can grab,” said Scott McCandless, 54, who lives in Orchard Park, a suburb southeast of Buffalo.