Overview
- Buffalo Airport clocked a 79 mph gust on Monday, narrowly missing the 82 mph local record set in 1967.
- Video captured Hamburg resident Diane Miller being swept off her feet and into bushes as a door burst open in Lackawanna.
- Roughly 40 million people were placed under winter weather alerts across the Great Lakes and Northeast.
- Forecasters called for additional heavy snow in western and upstate New York, with some locations projected to reach three feet.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul urged people in affected areas to avoid unnecessary travel as downed trees, power lines, and whiteouts created dangerous conditions.