Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Two residents of Erie County, N.Y., died while removing snow during a major storm in western New York state. The extreme weather conditions also caused a building in Hamburg to collapse under the weight of wet snow.
"Unfortunately, we must report the passing of two Erie County residents -- associated with cardiac events related to exertion during shoveling/snow blowing. We send our deepest sympathies and remind all that this snow is very heavy and dangerous," Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz wrote on Twitter.