Buffalo Buried Under 6-Plus Feet Of Snow, National Guard Deployed To Help With Snow Removal

Yes, Fox reporter Stephen Gohan joins us live from downtown Buffalo with the latest developments. In the morning we had an extra round of

snow

overnight here in Buffalo just to top off everything we've already seen, half a foot more in some places and this is what people are waking up to hoping the worst is behind us from days of difficult driving conditions, power outages and two confirmed deaths of two people who were shoveling

snow

and went into cardiac arrest, all told, this will be a historic weather event, officials say we could break the record here that was set in 2014 for the most snowfall in one hour, officials say that record could be broken by up to six six inches, sorry, I'm running out of time, as the hardest hit areas, like Orchard Park, a few miles south From here, they see totals of about six and a half

feet

a state of emergency still in effect for most Western New York communities a travel ban continues in downtown Buffalo and some surrounding cities, although the ban has been moved to be a notice in most other places now there are people in Buffalo I spent most of Saturday digging up their vehicles, check this out, even the Buffalo Bills needed

help

removing snow before heading to Detroit for that Browns Bills game who moved there hey but that's Buffalo for you this is the city of Good Neighbors a lot of people we talk to say when the snow falls like that

help

is never too far away every year we cross and I get help from people.

There are times when I'm driving and my car gets stuck, there's nothing. can do and there are always some people around that are willing to help get out because everyone's been there so yeah yeah now Governor Kathy Hokel has requested a federal emergency for 11 counties to help with recovery efforts at a conference press release this morning in Erie. County officials said they are getting to work assessing the damage and cleaning things up, but they are pleased with what they are seeing so far, but they continue to urge safety and want people to know that just because the snow is going to let up .

Later today there will still be huge accumulations of snow, as well as hard ice on the ground that could be dangerous for you. You know, Stephen, you mentioned the hard ice on the ground. I think to myself you know some areas have literally picked up 77 inches of snow. What does the energy situation look like? Think about the weight of all that snow on some of the power lines? Has power been a problem at all, but in the greater Buffalo area where does it come from? I've seen, at its worst, there were thousands of power outages, but officials say that's been mitigated for the most part at this point, but you can tell there's so much snow around and like you said, it's hanging on. the power lines.

On the rooftops we've heard generators running all day long, so we know some people are still dealing with those power issues and more people could develop power issues if more snow continues to fall. We will be attentive, well Stephen. going for us braving the cold and snow for us in Buffalo, New York Stephen, thank you very much, stay warm. I'm Amy Freeze, welcome to the Fox Weather YouTube page. We have more great videos on the way so be sure to subscribe to stay up to date on everything. weather things