New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo climbs over snow piled on the highway after talking with a stranded trucker on interstate I-190 while surveying an area in West Seneca, New York, on November 19.
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A woman walks down the middle of the street through the blowing snow in Buffalo, New York, on November 19.
Olivia Ahmed makes her way through nearly 5 feet of snow on November 19 in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo. The record-setting lake-effect snowstorm dumped up to 6 feet of snow in less than 24 hours, closing a 100-mile section of the New York State Thruway, as well as other major roads around Buffalo.
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A New York State Snowgrader moves snow on Broadway in Lancaster, New York, on November 19. A ferocious storm dumped massive piles of snow on parts of upstate New York, trapping residents in their homes and stranding motorists on roadways, as temperatures in all 50 states fell to freezing or below.
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Snow covers a street at daybreak on November 19, in south Buffalo. Area officials are getting help from a neighboring county in their efforts to clear roads and provide emergency services during the snowstorm.
A lake-effect snowstorm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow traveling over Lake Erie into Buffalo. A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a “polar vortex” descended into much of the northeastern United States on November 18.
Another view of the wall of snow brought on by a lake-effect snowstorm.
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Wind-blown snow obscures a house in Buffalo. Parts of New York measured the season’s first big snowfall in feet, rather than inches, as up to 6 feet of lake-effect snow blanketed the area. The Thruway Authority said white-out conditions caused by wind gusts of more than 30 mph forced the closure of Interstate 90 in both directions from the Rochester area to Ripley, on the Pennsylvania border 60 miles southwest of Buffalo.
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Traveling was a miserable affair, as this plane negotiates its way through the snow at Buffalo Greater International Airport on November 18.
