The Knife Storm
An autumn blizzard dubbed “The Knife Storm” dumped a year's worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, paralysing parts of the region and leaving people stranded overnight in their cars.
Now residents in winter-hardy Buffalo and the surrounding area are bracing for potential flooding as warming temperatures begin to melt up to two meters (seven feet) of snow.
Storm clouds and snow blows off Lake Erie.
Snow blows across Route 190 in Buffalo.
A man looks out from his porch following a massive snow storm.
A man shovels snow from the top of a building following a massive snowstorm in Cowlesville.
A man gestures on top of a car as he digs it out of the snow.
A man digs his car out of the snow.
A car filled with snow is seen in a parking lot where authorities have left cars found on the freeway that were abandoned during a massive snow storm in Cheektowaga, New York.
A man walks past a collapsed structure on his farm.
Firemen ride all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) down a street as they help with relief efforts.
People on an ATV talk with a member of the New York National Guard in the town of Cheektowaga near Buffalo.
Firefighters carry a patient during an evacuation from the Garden Gate Health Care Facility in Cheektowaga.
