Wind gusts as high as 79 mph on Friday in Western New York knocked out power for thousands of people and created whiteout conditions in many areas.
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Storm turns 'wickedly bad': 47,000 without power in Buffalo Niagara; winds as high as 79 mph
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A plow makes its way down Chestnut Ridge Road in Orchard Park on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
A large tree snapped in half and landed on some cars parked in the driveway at a home in Orchard Park on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
Cars drive in whiteout conditions in Orchard Park, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
Snow and wind cover a red barn in Springville on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
A Erie County plow makes its way down West Main Street in Springville, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
"There's a ton of people stuck. There are stranded people off the road," said Erie County Deputy Joe Reeves. In one car, deputies found a youn…
Battering winds with gusts approaching hurricane force began bombarding Western New York just as day broke and never quit.
The National Weather Service replaced the blizzard warning with a winter storm warning for Erie, Genesee, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.…
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority said Thursday it will suspend all bus, rail and paratransit service as of 2 a.m. Friday because …
A month after a monster storm dumped more than 6 feet of snow on the Southtowns, an entirely different kind of winter storm is expected to hit…
Western New York hunkered down as a pre-holiday blizzard descended on the area. Wind gusts has high as 79 miles per hour were measured in Lack…
After a lone car crawls by, a solitary man trudges along during a whiteout in the Elmwood Village on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
"We are seeing incredibly dangerous, hazardous, life-threatening high winds, blinding snow storms in real time hitting Western New York at thi…
"It was horrible during the day," Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said. "It's going to be worse at night."
