A group of 18 volunteer public-works and emergency-management employees, as well as heavy equipment, was headed to the upstate city from Long Island to assist in recovery efforts there.
Vehicles are trapped under heavy snow in the streets of downtown Buffalo.Jason Murawski Jr via REUTERSThe Long Island caravan included two payloaders, a New York State Police escort of four vehicles, a large generator, a large air pump and pickup trucks.colossal storm battered counties
such as Erie, which includes the city of Buffalo, and Niagara, dumping nearly 4 feet of snow and leaving roads impassable and thousands of households without electricity. A travel ban is in place in Buffalo, with roads so icy and buried in snow that it has been nearly impossible for snowplows to clear them. The city’s airport is also closed until Tuesday.
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