The Christmas week storm that brought nasty weather and bitter cold to the eastern U.S. has also created a paralyzing blizzard in western New York that some officials say rivals one of the region's worst snowstorms in history.
lasted for four days – from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. It differed slightly from this week’s storm in that much less snow fell, but what did fall was compounded by snow already on the ground before the storm and a frozen Lake Erie., about 12 inches of snow fell at the Buffalo Airport during the storm. However, most of that snow is believed to have been blown into the lakeside city from the snow that had accumulated on the frozen surface of Lake Erie.
Wind gusts as high as 75 mph were recorded in nearby Niagara Falls, which exacerbated the arctic temperatures of negative 1 degree and dropped wind chill readings to about 60 degrees below zero. According to the NWS, nearly 30 people died during the storm. Many of them were found frozen in their half-buried vehicles.President Jimmy Carter declared a federal disaster for nine counties in the region. According to the NWS, this was the first time a federal disaster had been declared for a snowstorm in the U.S.
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