Heavy snowfall hits New York state

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The US Weather Service has warned that visibility will be near zero, travel will be very difficult and some areas may be completely paralyzed by the heavy snowfall. Typically in Buffalo, the snow that falls in a month is expected to fall within a few hours

Heavy snowfall is lashing parts of western New York state as a historic blizzard is underway that has paralyzed traffic and threatens to destroy infrastructure and property.

In many cases the snow has exceeded one meter

It is estimated that over 6 million people will be affected by the blizzard

The US Weather Service has warned that visibility will be near zero, travel will be very difficult and some areas may be completely paralyzed by the heavy snowfall. Typically in Buffalo, the snow that falls in a month is expected to fall within a few hours

Many areas have been declared a state of emergency and travel has been banned.

Two Erie County residents died after suffering heart attacks while trying to clear snow from their yards

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