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Snowfall tops 6 feet in western New York, triggering road closures and flight cancellations the weekend before Thanksgiving

By Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A historic snowstorm is slamming western New York state Saturday with more than 6 feet of snow in some places, closing roads, triggering driving bans and canceling flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Another round of heavy lake-effect snowfall is expected to return to the Buffalo area

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Drivers in western New York’s Erie County still advised to stay off the roads after deadly storm dumps almost 6 feet of snow in some areas

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Even by western New York standards, Friday’s snowstorm was colossal, bringing eye-level accumulation totals to some areas and prompting officials to tell many people who are used to driving in bad weather to stay off the roads. “I can say that our deputies have been just absolutely inundated

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Snowfall tops 6 feet in western New York, triggering road closures and flight cancellations the weekend before Thanksgiving

By Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A historic snowstorm is slamming western New York state Saturday with more than 6 feet of snow in some places, closing roads, triggering driving bans and canceling flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Another round of heavy lake-effect snowfall is expected to return to the Buffalo area

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A potentially historic storm is bearing down on western New York state, bringing treacherous snowfall that could damage infrastructure

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Thursday’s heavy snowfall that has pounded parts of western New York state will persist into Friday, when the worst of the potentially historic storm may cause trees to topple and property damage. “The snowfall will produce near zero visibility, difficult to impossible travel, damage to infrastructure, and paralyze the hardest-hit communities,”

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Drivers in western New York’s Erie County still advised to stay off the roads after deadly storm dumps almost 6 feet of snow in some areas

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Even by western New York standards, Friday’s snowstorm was colossal, bringing eye-level accumulation totals to some areas and prompting officials to tell many people who are used to driving in bad weather to stay off the roads. “I can say that our deputies have been just absolutely inundated

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What causes lake-effect snow?

By Ralph Ellis, CNN It takes just the right conditions to produce lake-effect snow, but when they come together, it creates some of the most extreme winter weather found anywhere on the planet. Perfectly blue skies can turn to a blinding snow storm in minutes, producing snow amounts that will bury your ruler in a

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