Near Buffalo, between 10 and 20 inches of lake effect snow is expected by the end of Sunday, according to the Weather Service. The southern part of Erie County, along with Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, are predicted to see 2 to 4 feet of snow by Monday night.

The governor of Pennsylvania has signed a disaster emergency declaration and reported that parts of Erie County in the northwest have received nearly a meter of snow, with more expected to fall until Monday night.

The US state of New York saw its first major snowfall over the weekend. Instead of heavy Thanksgiving traffic, highways were closed. A state of emergency has already been declared. The heavy snowfall could last the whole week.

Chautauqua County has been placed under a state of emergency, along with several other counties in Western New York following a tempest of snowfall across the region. On Friday evening, New York Gov.

A state of emergency has been declared Saturday by the governor for 11 counties in Western New York, including Genesee and Wyoming counties, and the North Country as heavy lake

It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday. The Governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, announced a state of emergency on Friday in several western counties due to snowfall exceeding even 180 centimetres related to the so-called lake effect.