Biden approves FEMA declaration for 11 New York counties after historic snowfall

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A man opened his garage door and was greeted with a full wall of snow after record snowfall in western New York:

President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration for Erie County, NY after a record-breaking snowstorm.President Joe Biden has approved a federal emergency declaration for 11 New York counties after historic levels of lake-effect snow buried the region over the weekend.

The counties covered under the declaration are Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, St. Lawrence and Wyoming. Many businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed, but highways reopened and travel bans in many areas were lifted, though bands of lake-effect snow were expected to bring up to 2 feet by Monday morning in some parts of the state that were largely spared in earlier rounds.

Hochul said teams were checking on residents of mobile home parks in areas that got enough snow to potentially crumple roofs.

 

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LucyYang7 I bet he was late for work. Oh well

Winter Wonderland

We've had that much down here. I haven't seen any 6ft pics... maybe right on the lake.

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