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| A brutal storm of ice, snow and record cold temperatures has killed at least five people near Buffalo, New York, as a system of freezing temperatures and heavy precipitation swept toward the US east coast. | A brutal storm of ice, snow and record cold temperatures has killed at least five people near Buffalo, New York, as a system of freezing temperatures and heavy precipitation swept toward the US east coast. |
| The early snowfall heaped five feet of snow in some areas, trapping cars, buses and plows in heavy drifts. Snow totals could exceed 6ft by the end of Wednesday – with another storm expected on Thursday. | The early snowfall heaped five feet of snow in some areas, trapping cars, buses and plows in heavy drifts. Snow totals could exceed 6ft by the end of Wednesday – with another storm expected on Thursday. |
| Response teams in western New York, accustomed to harsh winters, were surprised by the unusually early and heavy precipitation. Schools closed as New York governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in several counties and has 150 members of the state national guard and extra teams of snow plows. | Response teams in western New York, accustomed to harsh winters, were surprised by the unusually early and heavy precipitation. Schools closed as New York governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in several counties and has 150 members of the state national guard and extra teams of snow plows. |
| High winds have exacerbated conditions, and temperatures dropped below freezing across most of the US, with subzero temperatures in Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska, where a teenager died from exposure. In the Buffalo area, two people shoveling snow during the storm died of heart attacks, a third was pinned beneath a car while trying to free it, a fourth found inside his car, and a fifth also suffered a heart attack. | High winds have exacerbated conditions, and temperatures dropped below freezing across most of the US, with subzero temperatures in Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska, where a teenager died from exposure. In the Buffalo area, two people shoveling snow during the storm died of heart attacks, a third was pinned beneath a car while trying to free it, a fourth found inside his car, and a fifth also suffered a heart attack. |
| Snow drifts and ice have paralyzed more than 150 vehicles on on more than 100 miles of roadway, including the Niagara University women’s basketball team, trapped on board their bus for more than 24 hours. The team coach told the Associated Press that players were so thirsty they drank melted snow. Traffic accidents blamed on icy conditions have killed more than a dozen people. | Snow drifts and ice have paralyzed more than 150 vehicles on on more than 100 miles of roadway, including the Niagara University women’s basketball team, trapped on board their bus for more than 24 hours. The team coach told the Associated Press that players were so thirsty they drank melted snow. Traffic accidents blamed on icy conditions have killed more than a dozen people. |
| Weather experts blame a phenomenon called the lake effect for the exceptionally intense storm; cold winds pick up the warm, moist air over lakes, freezing it as it travels before dumping it suddenly when those winds reach land. Nestled on Lake Erie’s shores and not far from Lake Ontario, Buffalo was struck by a curiosity of the effect – snow buried its southern suburbs but barely dusted its northern outskirts. | Weather experts blame a phenomenon called the lake effect for the exceptionally intense storm; cold winds pick up the warm, moist air over lakes, freezing it as it travels before dumping it suddenly when those winds reach land. Nestled on Lake Erie’s shores and not far from Lake Ontario, Buffalo was struck by a curiosity of the effect – snow buried its southern suburbs but barely dusted its northern outskirts. |
| The huge system dropped as much of 18 inches in Michigan, shut down schools in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and forced roads closed in Indiana, New Hampshire and around the US. Cities in Alaska may be warmer than towns in northern Florida on Wednesday if temperatures rise as expected. Through Friday, Buffalo will have to soldier through two separate lake effect warnings, and possibly as much as two more feet of snow as storm bands sweep in. | The huge system dropped as much of 18 inches in Michigan, shut down schools in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and forced roads closed in Indiana, New Hampshire and around the US. Cities in Alaska may be warmer than towns in northern Florida on Wednesday if temperatures rise as expected. Through Friday, Buffalo will have to soldier through two separate lake effect warnings, and possibly as much as two more feet of snow as storm bands sweep in. |