BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Parts of western New York, including Buffalo, are bracing for another two feet of snow expected Friday, two days after a deadly lake-effect snow storm hit the region.
Southern portions of Buffalo and suburbs to the south of the city received up to six feet of snow Monday and Tuesday and now meteorologists with The Weather Channel are predicting another two feet.
The area is in the path of a lake-effect snowstorm that is gearing up Thursday night into Friday. The storm that blanketed the region earlier in the week is responsible for 10 deaths, from exposure to heart attacks caused by shoveling the heavy white stuff.
"If people have underlying heart disease, even if it's well controlled with medication, or high blood pressure, please don't go outside and shovel the driveway, " Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein told WIVB-TV in Buffalo. "The additional stress on your heart, of being outside in the cold, in addition to shoveling that heavy snow, and it is heavy, can cause people to have heart attacks."
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The storm prompted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to declare a state of emergency for 10 counties. Driving bans were put in place in some areas, and some 140 miles of Interstate 90 were shut down.
Cuomo said people who were stranded in up to 150 vehicles on the thruway had been rescued as of Thursday morning.
Buffalo Niagara Airport remained open Thursday — it is located in the northern suburb of Cheektowaga, which didn't get as much snow as the Buffalo Southtowns — but dozens of flights were canceled.
And though the Buffalo Bills put out a call to pay fans to come shovel all the snow that blanketed Ralph Wilson Stadium, the NFL decided Thursday to relocate Sunday's game against the New York Jets. It's not yet clear where that game will be played.
This week's snowfall has resulted in some truly beautiful and unbelievable photos and videos. West Seneca, N.Y., resident James Grimaldi posted aerial drone footage on his YouTube channel. Start watching at about the 1:15 minute mark:
