27 Dead in Western New York Blizzard, With More Snow on Way - The New York Times

New York|27 Dead successful Western New York Blizzard, With More Snow connected Way

The decease toll from a devastating blizzard that paralyzed occidental New York roseate to astatine slightest 27 connected Monday morning, portion thousands remained without powerfulness arsenic snowfall continued to fall.

“We tin see, benignant of, the airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel,” Mark C. Poloncarz, the Erie County executive, said astatine a quality conference connected Monday morning. “But this is not the extremity yet. We are not there.”

Mr. Poloncarz said that officials successful Erie County, which includes Buffalo, had identified 12 much deaths since Sunday that they had linked to the storm.

He said the deaths included radical recovered trapped successful their cars and those who had “cardiac-related events” portion removing snowfall from extracurricular homes and businesses.

At slightest 1 decease successful Niagara County was caused by c monoxide poisoning, officials said. The region sheriff’s bureau said that a 27-year-old antheral was recovered dormant successful his location successful Lockport, N.Y., aft dense snowfall blocked an outer furnace and caused c monoxide to participate the house. Another idiosyncratic was taken to a infirmary for treatment, the sheriff’s bureau said.

Western New York, nary alien to snow, appeared to carnivore the brunt of a fierce tempest that sent temperatures plunging successful overmuch of the country.

Strong winds took down powerfulness lines successful the central, eastbound and bluish United States, and the upwind upended vacation question plans for overmuch of past week. In Maine, much than 20,000 homes and businesses remained without powerfulness connected Monday morning, according to the inferior company’s maps.

With the remnants of the tempest opening to determination retired of occidental New York, a driving prohibition remained successful spot successful Buffalo, the region’s astir populous city, arsenic good arsenic successful galore of its contiguous suburbs. Mr. Poloncarz said that overmuch of Buffalo was “impassable” for drivers, and that helium did not expect conditions changing done the day.

The snowfall is expected to extremity time morning, with betwixt 4 and 8 much inches expected successful parts of the region, mostly concentrated northbound of the metropolis during the day, earlier moving southbound overnight, said Jon Hitchcock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service successful Buffalo.

The snowfall is forecast to beryllium “very fluffy,” helium added, and, with precise small upwind successful the forecast, the Buffalo portion should not expect the aforesaid level of blizzard-like conditions it experienced implicit the weekend.

“We volition person much snow, but it’s a batch little interaction than what we’ve had,” helium said.

The Weather Service said connected Monday that much than 49 inches of snowfall was recorded implicit 3 days astatine Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the highest full successful Erie County. Jefferson County received betwixt 22 and 41 inches of snow, Niagara County recorded up to 24 inches of snowfall and Lewis County saw up to 30 inches of snowfall implicit the aforesaid clip period, according to the Weather Service.

More than 12,000 customers remained without powerfulness successful Erie County. Mr. Poloncarz said energy “might not get restored until Tuesday” due to the fact that of harm to utilities from the storm. Officials said the Buffalo airdrome would stay closed until Tuesday morning.

Beau Duffy, a spokesperson for the New York State Police, said that much than 100 members of the authorities constabulary were utilizing snowmobiles and different peculiar vehicles to assistance wide roads, scope stranded cars and determination vehicles from roadways to marque country for snowplows.